24 Quotes by Derek Laxdal

There's a great taste of playoff hockey right there. ... Tonight was probably more of a normal game you're going to see out of these two teams.

The boys were all over him for the celebration.

The big thing is, when you're coming to the end of your career, your love of the game intensifies. When you're in the dressing room, there's such a camaraderie. They're you're family. If it is your last year, then that magnifies it.

You never know in the playoffs. You may have to pull one guy and put the other guy in. And if the team knows it can play well in front of both guys, it's a great situation.

This is the kind of series you could see in the finals. It's kind of sad, but it sets up great playoff hockey.

It's a seven-game series. We stole two there and now they got one here.

I told the guys we'd feel a lot better after the game if we won. ... Right now we're beat up and sick, so we'll take points any way we can.

It makes it easier if you can play both guys. If you get a guy hurt or especially if you get one called up, you know you can stick with a guy for four or five games. Right now, we're just trying to make sure both guys are competing down the stretch.

That's overtime. That's the excitement of the game.