31 Quotes by Brian Leetch

Pretty much every year that I've been involved in the NHL there's been some player that hasn't been in camp or some contract dispute.

They're two of the reasons that I came to this team, along with Thornton and Samsonov and (center Patrice) Bergeron. The young guys on the team are their best players and we need them back.

It's been strong and I haven't had any so-called setbacks or real soreness in the last few workouts. If I can get through (today's) practice with the team, I'd like to play (tomorrow night against the Isles), but that would be up to coach (Mike) Sullivan. But I think the training staff is pushing for (tomorrow) to be my return date.

It's always exciting to come somewhere you wanted to, an 'Original Six' team, and of course, the Bruins, ... It means a lot to me.

That's one of the reasons I took a one-year deal here. If the Bruins decided the best thing for the organization was for me to go somewhere else, I would only have the rest of this year in a different organization. And then I could make a decision again next summer. It would be Mike's (O'Connell) call, just like it was (Rangers GM) Glen's (Sather) call in New York.

It's like I've been saying all year. The power play is based on results. It doesn't matter how many chances you get or how long you're in the zone. Tonight at a key time we got a deflection and it looks like the power play was the difference, and in the end it was.

It's not anything serious. But it makes more sense to miss a couple of days now than have it drag on through camp.

I'm not looking forward to it. I thought I'd be a Ranger for my entire career. So to go back, I'm not looking forward to it the first few times back. It's not something that I'm excited about. It'll be uncomfortable.

I'm not sure what it is. I've never had a knee injury as a pro. Eighteen years ago, or something like that, I hurt my left knee, but . . . we'll have to see, I'm not sure what it is.