142 Quotes by Daniel Alfredsson

It's a fresh start for him. He doesn't have to think about the playoff race or anything. Everybody starts at zero. It's a great opportunity for us. We're getting older and it might be our last big tournament for our country. I think he's just going to enjoy the Olympic experience and make the most of the opportunity.

I told myself not to try to think about it too much. I felt not bad actually, not super but pretty good overall. It was a good win especially because we wanted to get off to a good start and this is a team we should beat.

It's not something that in this dressing room is on our mind. I totally understand the media making a big deal out of this, but the coaching staff is going to handle this the right way, I have no doubt about that at all.

We started off not bad in the first but after that I don't know what we were doing. We kind of started playing by ourselves ... and we got caught turning the puck over way too many times and couldn't really find our game.

It's one of those things where we look at it as a great opportunity. We know we have a very good team. Hopefully we can put it all together and make a run at the Stanley Cup.

We believe we have a good chance this year, and we're going to make the most of it. It's real exciting to be able to be part of the playoffs again, knowing that we're one of the teams that has a chance to go all the way.

It's not easy to replace Hossa. But, if there's one guy to do it, Heatley's one of the best young players in the league and he's a guy to do it.

We're a very skilled team. When we move the puck the way we're capable, we're a tough team to play.

It's hard to think that far ahead right now but once I get back to Ottawa there's no question there's more things that need to be done this year. But I'm going to try and enjoy this for a few days, first.