Quotes by Mike Babcock

Some guys score and some guys don’t. We got a lot that don’t.

The main thing is to race over to McDonald’s to get an egg McMuffin before they shut down for the morning.

There is something about Game 7 that there’s a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or a manager or a player or a goaltender that gets it done, because to me, that’s all part of sports. That’s what you dream about when you’re a little kid – scoring the winning goal.

When you don’t make people accountable, it leads to a superstar mentality where not everyone on the team is important.

Keep attacking. The whole key is look after the puck and keep attacking. I don’t think you adjust your personnel. You adjust your mindset.

Dan Cleary came in and his face was sheet white ... and I apologized to him. I had no idea. I don't run the team. I'm just trying to win tonight. I wouldn't have done it that way. I don't joke about that stuff.

Dan has played real good when you start him on the fourth line and then you move him around. When you put him in this situation ... we'll see how he does. Some guys can't do it. It's up to him.

It means I've been in the league a little bit. But I was looking tonight and (Toronto's) Pat Quinn has 640, Scotty Bowman has 1,200-and something. I'll be dead before then.

It's like a lifetime. You just think about it. The season is long. We're at game (65) and it seems like forever. Think about coming, and putting on your skates, and how many coaches have gotten on your nerves, and how many players you've seen. You've seen them all 100 times.

It's not like we hadn't had tons of chances, we just weren't finishing. The big thing we wanted to do was not panic and just keep doing what you are doing, get people to the net, work hard at it and let's not be pressing. I thought we managed the puck well and made great plays in the middle of the ice and really came at them with some speed.