34 Quotes by Nicklas Lidstrom

With this? I think it's going to be great.

People will learn a lot more about our rivalry ? and not only in hockey, but in other sports. Sweden and Finland will be huge.

I can't really say I felt fatigued coming home after the (2002) tournament. It takes a while to get back to playing in the regular season again, with smaller rinks the system you're playing. Otherwise I still felt good coming back and playing.

He looks real confident out there when he's got the puck. You can tell that the other teams are backing off when he's got it. When he's got the puck he's hanging onto the puck, beating one or two guys. He's drawing two guys, too, to him, so he's just going to create so many chances -- if he's not going to score, other players around him are going to score.

When they're out there, you have to pay special attention to them. Thornton has meant a lot to their team. He adds a lot of skill.

It could be the biggest goal I ever scored.

I think we can make it tougher on him out there, make him skate a little more. He's going to make plays out there. We can get on him quicker, not give him that time with the puck.

I think everybody is confident having Henrik back there. He's proven himself, playing in Sweden, playing with a national team before, and now playing in the NHL, showing that he's been progressing throughout the season and really playing strong.

It doesn't really matter that we play teams that are out of the playoffs. We still have to pay attention to those details to be able to have success in the playoffs.