411 Quotes by Ken Hitchcock

I've seen young guys who've played great and I've seen them absolutely overwhelmed. I've seen young players literally in the fetal position during a series because they're overwhelmed by the intensity and the emotion of what's going on. And I've seen guys raise their level.

If you can't get ready for the best team in the league, you're in trouble. They've taken on all comers this year and they've really eaten up some teams. I don't know whether it's the fear of getting embarrassed, but we've got a lot of competitive guys and we love to play in these type of games.

We have unbelievable fans and they're disappointed. We have to stick together.

It would be nice to get Peter back, but we can't have doubt in our game.

If it's working, then we'll stay with it. If not, we'll move (combinations around) and, quite frankly, in the first five games we do want to see other combinations either during games or during practices.

We have to win our home games. We have to lot of work to do, but have to enjoy this one for a few minutes.

In my opinion, Jon should have been a 30-goal scorer a long time ago,

The stuff he's doing is ongoing. It's ongoing, on a daily basis. He's trying to play. He's not going to play (today), that's for sure. He's an athlete trying to get better.

He was all right. He?s got a good record. He?s our designated Devils goalie.