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've said it before, I feel bad for what happened to Steve. But Brad's not the one who did it. I'm sure he feels bad for what happened.
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.
I was surprised. I didn't see that coming. We're going to miss him. It was just a great treat every time you played Pittsburgh and watched Mario play. We're going to miss him as a player, but I'm sure he's going to be around the game.
We've had some bad starts lately and we wanted to make sure the start of this game was a lot better. We played a solid first period and that gave us momentum. We've been playing a lot of catch-up lately and we didn't want to do that again.
We'll have to make sure we don't leave the puck in the neutral zone. We've got a fast team with big forwards and we have to get the puck in deep and not turn it over.
We want to play well against Vancouver. We want to make sure we try and get a good win and have a good game there. We'll see how it plays out.
He's really solid. He's a good player, quick and has a good eye. I'm sure the game gave him a ton of confidence.
We tried to overpass it instead of shoot when we saw them break their sticks. We should have just got it back to Blake and let him blast it.
We were ready to go, ... We had our legs going and we were skating well and we probably caught them flat.
We were patient out there and just kind of moved it around. I gave it to (Blake) and actually thought he was going to shoot and I think so did they because they moved over and left me open. He made a perfect pass.
We have to find a way to beat them, especially in this building. We know where we are, but we can't look back now. We still have eight games to go and it just means the next one is that much more important.
We felt pretty good today, and we'll feel good tomorrow.
We felt pretty good (Saturday), and we'll feel good (today). We're pretty excited about winning, but Monday we have Game 2.
It was tougher seeing Foote and Pete go because I was with them for so long, ... I've had a lot of friends in Quebec and a lot of friends here (in Colorado) that got traded away or retired. That's just the nature of sports.