18 Quotes by Aaron Gagnon

Give them credit for a lot of blocked shots, but I know I had a couple that I tried to force and just missed the net. Those are the ones you have to bear down on and get them on goal.

We just have to battle through this stretch. We went through the same thing at the start of the year with guys out and a seven-game streak and were able to come back. Hopefully we can do that again starting this weekend.

We're pretty frustrated and mad right now, but we don't have any time to hang our heads. There's two big games left.

Players who are going to move on in their hockey careers show up in the big games. To be a great player you have to be a great player in the playoffs.

We played a strong game overall, but we made some critical mistakes and a good player made us pay. We can't give a player like Dubinsky that much open ice.

We got the first goal. That's all you can ask for.

We had a shot mentality in the first game. In the second game, we moved the puck around too much and we weren't moving it too well.

We all expected more, to go farther than this. It's happened. There's nothing we can do about it.

We had the start we wanted, but we had a bad second period and let them back in it. A lot of bounces didn't go our way in this whole series; but there's nothing we can do, so we'll have to live with it.