24 Quotes by Brendan Witt

The refs are under a microscope. So we can't blame them.

I'm all for change. It's about excitement and entertainment, right? The way to do that is with more goals and more scoring.

I think it's a willingness to work. I think our work ethic is not very good in the third. And you can see that in the games. But it might also be a learning experience with the younger guys. As veterans, we need to pass on that knowledge.

I think you've got to turn the cheek when you get punched in the head, and hopefully officials can control that. This is where you have to be very disciplined and swallow your pride.

We haven't gotten off to good starts, so that's important for us to do in both games. We want to come home on a good, positive note. L.A. is struggling, but is still a good hockey team. And San Jose, with Thornton in the lineup, that makes them even more dangerous offensively. The good thing for us is we've seen Thornton a lot, so we know his strengths and weaknesses.

Times have changed. It's time to move on. This labor problem hurt both sides, it hurt the game, but now we've got to move forward.

We didn't play last year, but they're still the Stanley Cup champions. It's a good test every time we play them.

We wanted to stop our losing streak and the guys were up to the test.

You have to learn what you can and can't get away with. Every referee is a little difference in how he calls it, too.