196 Quotes by Dave Tippett

We'd like to get him acclimated with our team. Right now, you'd probably put him eighth on our depth chart among defensemen. That's an important position.

When I was in the IHL there were a few teams that used to do that. Some goaltenders just have a knack for breakaways and it can give your team a little bit of a boost. You have to know your personnel before you can make those changes and obviously Craig thinks Morrison is the guy on breakaways.

We were fortunate to win in a shootout. Marty was excellent and he made some big saves for us, and we found a couple of ways to score.

We're going to need all seven of those guys. To put numbers on them, that would be wrong right now.

We've got a great group of guys, great leaders who've focused on preparing for the playoffs. This is the time when you earn your stripes. We've put ourselves in good position; now we have to go prove it in the playoffs.

We're going to dress the best team we can. And if one of those young guys is in that mix, that's the way it's going to be.

This team has worked hard to get to this point in the season, and you have to give them a lot of credit for that. But I think we realize that this work is just the preliminary work you have to put in if you want to be successful in the playoffs.

We feel the momentum is on our side now.

We knew exactly what was coming. I don't think we played hard enough. Not with enough urgency, we deserved our fate.