18 Quotes by Aaron Gagnon

I started the season and two games in I am hurt. To go through an injury like that for six weeks was hard since most of it was a mental challenge more than physical to not let that pull you down.

I've been putting too much pressure on myself all season to go out and score all the time. I have to lose some of that weight. If I just go out and play my hardest, good things will happen.

The speed of the game stood out for me in terms of thinking quickly and making decisions. When guys get the puck on their tape it is off almost immediately and you have to learn to break to holes and understand that someone is going to be on top of you constantly.

That shows that when we've lost, we've lost by quite a few. It's good, though, because there are always a lot of one-goal games in the playoffs.

I know my skating is my strength, but a small guy like me has to be much better than everyone else. There are some areas I need to work on ? my overall strength and defensive responsibilities ? if I want to make it to the NHL.

I haven't played as well or as consistent as I would have liked and haven't really got it going. I'm not going to use the hand as an excuse. It's fine now.

I couldn't even hear myself think when I went out there, it was so loud. I knew I was going with that move right away -- I just tried to slip it under his pad and it was a big relief, to say the least.

I could see from the bench it didn't go in. It really helped us that it wasn't a goal, but we weren't really worried about it.

You can't give a good player like Dubinsky that much open ice and he made us pay.