Eric Desjardins
Eric Desjardins
Jean Noël Éric Desjardinsis a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguewith the Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1993 and headlined the Flyers defence for over a decade. He currently works for his own business...
adapted anybody game hitting hold hook played playoffs sure taking
I don't think they are taking away the hitting or the battles. They don't want anybody to hold and hook and use their sticks. It's something we adapted to during the season, and they're reinforcing it in the playoffs to make sure the game is still played the same way.
might sticks tried
I've tried to play with the composites, and I still might go to it eventually, ... But I'm used to the feel of the wooden sticks and I like them.
bad everybody jump knows serious timing year
Everybody knows after a year off, timing is going to take a little while to come back. It's too bad for those guys, but they're serious guys. They're veterans. They'll jump right in and they'll be fine.
decision feels good guy peter seen sure until
I still haven't seen the doctor. Right now it feels good, but I want to make sure I see him first. I feel good enough to go, but it's a decision I don't want to make until I see the most important guy (Dr. Peter DeLuca).
leg matter pressured tough
It doesn't matter who you are, you have the right to make your own decision. You shouldn't be pressured to play because you're the best. . . . If he's going there with only one leg to skate, it's tough for him to have that pressure to play.
advantage best focused happens rather stay sure
When something like that happens you just want to make sure you make them pay. The best thing to do, rather than getting upset, is stay focused and take advantage of the five-minute major.
excited great moves
We all the know the moves they made and we're all excited about it. It's going to be a great year.
changed lead senators talked touch
We all talked about it this (yesterday) morning, ... A 4-2 lead for the Senators going into the third? We all changed the channel. Now, it's 'don't touch that remote.'
again blown buffalo experience gets played proved series tough
Experience gets you through tough times and that's one thing we've proved so far. After going down 2-0 in the series and getting blown out in Buffalo, we played really well here. But we need to do it all over again when we go to Buffalo on Sunday.
eight feels goal good original savior sit struggle team time tough watch weeks
It?s not that I want to come back to be a savior or anything like that. I want to come back because I?m ready. Sure, it?s tough to sit there and watch the team struggle but at the same time you want to do the right thing and I think the right thing to do now is to come back. It?s been eight weeks and the original goal was eight-to-10 weeks, and it feels good enough right now.
moving puck quickly
They were moving the puck very quickly in our end (that period).
confident good guys playing
We know we have the guys, good players, good veterans, good young guys playing really well. We're pretty confident with what we have. In the playoffs, you never know. We go in and feel decent, feel better about our game, anything can happen. That's what I believe. You never know.
came easy gave
We gave them a pretty easy first period. We came back after that but it was too late.
strong
They had to come out and play strong in the first,