30 Quotes by Lou Lamoriello

We did have a conversation last night when he told me, and as you can all imagine it was a difficult conversation from both parties,

Let's be careful how far we go with that.

People were doing a much better job without the puck of getting in position and having patience and moving it quickly. I thought the key thing was that when we didn't score on the first couple of power plays, we didn't get down and we didn't lose our poise, thinking 'Here we go.' You could feel that there was a confidence.

If and when Scott Stevens does make the decision to play, we have Plan C to make room for him, ... It will be his choice. But there is a spot for him should he decide to play, whenever that might be.

He does the little things and he's strong. He's hockey strong.

I think the biggest compliment that I could pay this team today is that that they're not looking at this streak as something totally exceptional. They're more focused on doing the things maybe we weren't doing to allow us to have the opportunity to win. ... I sense a tremendous maturity in that room with the core character. I couldn't be more impressed.

I think it was a little more active,

Our four top defensemen get X number of minutes of ice, ... These young fellows will get the same amount of minutes as the people did last year. They will have time to develop.

Playing that type of hockey and that type of role, it's tough night in and night out. Jason is just a competitor in every way and works hard, plays hard and I think will be an energy asset.