Joe Sakic
Joe Sakic
Joseph Steven Sakicis a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He played his entire 21-year National Hockey Leaguecareer with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise. Named captain of the team in 1992, Sakic is regarded as one of the most capable team leaders in league history and was able to motivate his team to play at a winning level. Sakic led the Avalanche to Stanley Cup titles in 1996 and 2001, being named the most valuable player of the...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth7 July 1969
CountryCanada
I know there's been a little bit of backlash from certain people, but you've just got to give him a chance, ... He obviously said something that after the fact he regrets saying, but he's not the one who did anything wrong. It was one person (Bertuzzi), and he paid a price for it (with an NHL suspension).
It's obviously nice. You don't have to move your family, ... We're comfortable here. It's nice to be a part of it for the whole tenure.
This late in the season with the standings, it's going to be a roller coaster. You win and you feel real good, and you lose, obviously it's tough. But we've just got to focus on the next game.
It's a huge win for us. (Being ahead) 3-0 is obviously a lot different than 2-1 so, hopefully, we can find a way to keep this going. They're too good of a team; you don't want to give them any life.
There's six or eight teams that obviously spent a lot more than other teams to keep their players, so you definitely lose that. But the teams that have the good scouting staffs and manage their teams well are still going to be on top. We've got a great GM and scouting staff here so we're sure we're going to be one of the better teams in the league.
There's obviously goals. I don't want to be hanging around for (an extended) period of time, ... When it's my time to go, they'll tell me.
The power play was terrible. We didn't support one another that well. ... I don't think we generated hardly any chances on the power play.
We've just got to keep building. We've got a good group of guys and we like our team, but everything is going to depend on the (ending).
We didn't find a way to score. We had a couple of chances but it didn't go in. The difference in the game was their power play.
With a rolling puck, no one knows where it's going. Usually, a rolling puck gets away a little quicker.
We got a couple of breaks on a couple of goals. None luckier than mine, obviously.
We weren't very good, that's obvious, and there's no real explanation. We can't worry about this game; it's over now. We have to keep our heads up and get excited for the playoffs.
We just have to worry about Calgary and have a better effort there. We always seem to have a lapse at one point or another in the game. We just want to play 60 minutes and get a win there and start moving up in the standings.
We felt pretty good today, and we'll feel good tomorrow.