Brendan Shanahan Quotes


You're not going to get easy, open looks against this defense. Our goals were not pretty today. That's the kind of hockey it's going to be. - Brendan Shanahan



You still have to win the games. - Brendan Shanahan



You prepare yourself the same against every team. You'd like to have that type of success against every team. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I can't explain it. - Brendan Shanahan



You don't spend that much time cheering for guys on other teams in the playoffs that much. But Darren is a good guy and with all the things he's been through, it was nice to see him have good fortune for a change. - Brendan Shanahan



When we were playing with the lead, it forced them to open up a little bit. The onus is on us to break the trap. - Brendan Shanahan



We've played a lot of catch up hockey. That's not good. Our start is very important. It's time for us to come out with a lead and have them play that catch up hockey, which we've been doing. - Brendan Shanahan



We were in such control, and then to give it away like that, it's just embarrassing. It summed up the whole series. We were playing great hockey, playing great hockey, and then it was a 6-7 minute collapse. Who has an answer for that? - Brendan Shanahan