Patrik Elias
Patrik Elias
Patrik Eliáš; born April 13, 1976) is a Czech professional hockey winger and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. A career-long Devil and currently the team's longest-tenured skater, Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leader in points, goals, and assists, and he holds the franchise record for the most points in a seasonand the most career game-winning goals. Elias has won two Stanley Cups with the Devils, one in 2000, and another in 2003...
fourth situation win
We've been in this situation how many times and we know that the fourth win is the toughest.
shadow
We're going to have to shadow someone else.
against happened knocked rivalry
We know what happened ... when they knocked us out. There is always a rivalry against these guys. It's going to be special.
rather team
Would we rather play a team with Jagr or without Jagr? Yeah. We'd rather play without Jagr.
good half job missing
We didn't do a good job defensively tonight. We were always missing by half a second.
plans talk
When they call, I have to talk to them about what their plans are -- if they call.
half month people slide wrote
A lot of people just wrote us off before the New Year. Even after the slide we had. You look a month, month and a half back, you won't see too many people who said that we had a chance.
awhile best couple difficult found games last played takes turn year
They're in a difficult situation; it takes awhile to turn it around. After the new year we're 7-0. And the last couple of games, we haven't played our best games but we've found a way to win.
game hands loss lost
This is an unacceptable loss for us. We had the game in our hands and we lost it. We lost a very important point.
feeling five four good happy last sure
The most important thing is your health. I've been feeling pretty good the last four or five games. If I can play here I'm sure I can play there. I'm just happy to be part of it.
focus game
The most important thing is to focus on our game and that's all.
bad florida
The one Florida trip, we were just too tired. In Toronto, we had a bad start.
afraid coming guy
I was afraid of him. Here (I) was a 175-pound guy coming here. Here's this guy, 222 or 225 pounds, with paws like a bear.
adjust badly chances takes time
It always takes a little time to adjust and get something going. We didn't play badly and give up chances and that's fine, but offensively we didn't have anything going.