26 Quotes by Sami Kapanen

Obviously, it's tough playing that many games on the road. It helps that we won the first three games. It gives us confidence for the long stretch.

No excuses. We have to find a way to get it done.

I don't even know when it happened, ... I guess about 3 or 4 weeks back, I think I kind of fell down just a little bit on my shoulder, and I think that had to be the one.

I had made up my mind after the conference finals that I was done. I told all the players. I told (Flyers General Manager Bob Clarke). I met (Flyers chairman) Mr. (Ed) Snider in the hallway. I called the coaching staff and I told my family.

I think it's better to fix it now than to try and play with a bad shoulder and get to the point where it needs to be fixed in the middle of the season and be in a bad spot going into the playoffs,

Last month I finally started feeling good, ... I was just anxious to get back -- with the new signings and the new rules -- and seeing as we were out for a year. Not being able to play the next couple of months will be hard.

I think they're one of the quickest teams -- especially up front -- in the Eastern Conference. That's how they try and play now, and especially with the new rules, it's been real good for them. If you look at the standings, they're right there at the top.

I think there's a couple weeks now where we don't play any regular season games, so it kind of shortens up the time you're going to miss in the season,

It hasn't been a whole lot of fun playing lately, with the aching and all the pills and needles. The time off should do some good for my body.