Saku Koivu Quotes


You play eight games in 12 days, and the one thing that's realistic is we're not as deep as the other top 3-4 countries. It's like the chance of a lifetime. - Saku Koivu


You know it's going to be a great atmosphere, the fans are going to be really crazy, there's no doubt about that. Hopefully we can get that energy there that we need, but sometimes there's a chance that you want to do too much so I think we've got to still realize there's a long way to go and what we're doing right now well, to keep doing those things and then just go and fight for a win. - Saku Koivu


You always need younger guys if you're going to be successful in the long term. - Saku Koivu


Whenever you play against them, it's a game that you don't want to lose. For the fans back in Finland, I think it's the most hated country when you talk about hockey and that's going to be a wild game (tomorrow). - Saku Koivu


When you lose like this, by one goal, all the emotions that you build up and build up are gone, and it's an extremely empty, disappointing feeling. Maybe mentally we were too careful. When we had chances to apply pressure, we didn't. We wanted to protect our net, and we didn't play as loose as we did earlier. - Saku Koivu


When you have a core group of young players as we do, the future looks bright. - Saku Koivu


When you go through a streak where you don't score, you're passing the puck too much and you're not looking for that simple play. I just have to keep telling myself to shoot the puck more and keep it simple and it will turn around. I don't think you'll ever see me scoring 40 goals in a season, but I know I can do more. - Saku Koivu


When we play well defensively in front of him, I guarantee he's going to make the saves he's supposed to. - Saku Koivu


Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players who went there and there is some fatigue in a lot guys' play right now. - Saku Koivu


What we are hoping is that we've had to battle till the end and really maintain our focus here. I think the momentum is going for us right now, and hopefully we can bring it to the playoffs. - Saku Koivu


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