16 Quotes by Dan Hinote

Detroit's always Detroit, but we're going to have a lot of new faces that weren't there for the rivalry. There's always that little edge going into that barn because of the fans, and there's always a little bit of a hatred.

As a forward now, you have to start thinking. As a defenseman, you turn your brain off for 60 minutes and play the game. But now that he has to play a smart position, he's done a pretty good job with the transition.

It (stinks) because he's such a great player and you want him all the time. But if you're ever going to lose a guy, now's the time of the season when you want him to be healing up.

Against a great team like Dallas, when you put your foot on their neck you've got to step on it. It's a killer instinct.

I made the hit, turned around and it was chaos. I still don't know what happened.

I knew there wasn't much time left. I tried to just create a scramble in front of the net; I didn't mean for it to go in.

You want to be going into their barn with the two points. We've done that, but we know how important the next two points are. We don't want to lose what ground we gained, so we're going to have to come out hard.