118 Quotes by Olli Jokinen

He's a proven goalie in Europe, but we played 50 minutes of hockey and had 13 shots. We can't give him credit. He's probably happy he got his first shutout in the NHL, but we made him look good. We really didn't test that guy.

I don't think there's any people outside our locker-room who believed we could go this far.

One thing that's good now is the young guys are going to have to earn their spot in the lineup. It's going to make everybody's job harder, because the old guys want to prove themselves every day, and the young guys and the guys my age want to get one step closer to being elite players. That's a good mix.

Obviously it's going to be a dream final for both teams. For both countries.

I am asked a lot why I don't go somewhere else where the team is in the playoffs, but I feel that we have a chance to be a playoff team. We have a chance to get something good going and win over here. I want to win with the Panthers and that's the reason that I wanted to stay.

I was surprised at the call on Lemieux, because the rules are if you touch Crosby or Lemieux you get a penalty.

For our country, it was a big win. It gives us some confidence. It's a good thing that we won our group, but when the quarterfinals start that's when it all matters.

I don't know what the problem is. If I knew the problem, we would fix it.

I don't think we played the same way we did last week.