49 Quotes by Eric Staal

I was glad to still be playing. I got in a good year with a lot of minutes. Maybe some of the guys who didn't play had a harder time getting back into the groove.

It doesn't come by yourself, it comes with other guys that you play with and teammates. It's been a good year so far and obviously we need to finish strong, and I would like to finish strong and be ready for the playoffs.

I think I'm playing the wrong position because there's so many great players from Canada. They won Olympic gold last time. There's so many good players that are going to get a really good look. You never know. I'm just going to continue to do my best this year. I mean, if they give me a shot, they give me a shot. If not, maybe next time. I'm going to continue to push myself and be the best I can.

When that happens, you can feel it coming.

We needed the win. I didn't get as much wood on it as I would have liked, but I found the back of the net with a good screen in front.

We've definitely got to try to get pucks deep. We've got to play a much better North-South game.

The power-play goal was a big lift, ... It got us on the right track. And Hedi scored a big one after that at 18:36 of the second.

The puck's kind of finding me right now. Hopefully I can keep it going and help our team put points on the board.

We expect he'll come back for us. He's been there for us all year.