28 Quotes by Mike Knuble

They showed us where we need to get at. They?re priming for the playoffs and we might be waiting to throw the switch a little bit and we?re running out of time.

It's annoying as a group. Extremely annoying. The coaches wonder why, we wonder why, and everybody who watches us wonders why. That is what we have been trying to figure out all season. It's more of the same. You can say, 'when the playoffs get here, it's going to be different.' But it doesn't work like that. We have to get it going in here now.

It's all been kind of building up to the quarterfinals. The games were kind of 'easier' at the beginning. Now they're getting tougher. Tomorrow is going to be our biggest test so far.

It's frustrating that we had a chance to determine where we end up and now we have to wait to see what happens with other teams. We wanted to have a game like we did (Saturday), but it's tough. They have our number right now.

It's not a question of shutting him down, because you know he's going to get his shots. You just want to force him into terrible angles to give your goalie a chance. You can't put Jagr out there eight times on the power play and expect to kill it off every time.

It's not about wins or losses right now. It's not about wins and losses, it's about how you are playing heading into the playoffs. I think we all want to do better. I think we all feel frustrated when we don't play our best. Everyone leaves the rink disappointed.

Their checkers take a lot of pride in what they are doing. They relish the chance to do that.

I don't know if it was nerves or what, knowing this was an elimination game.

I don't know. I haven't had time to digest it. But we lost the home ice and that's going to be a huge factor. It's probably going to be a little harder.