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...
plans talk
When they call, I have to talk to them about what their plans are -- if they call.
good half job missing
We didn't do a good job defensively tonight. We were always missing by half a second.
check control good lost
I got a pretty good check on that guy, and he lost control of the puck.
fourth situation win
We've been in this situation how many times and we know that the fourth win is the toughest.
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.
honor individual lucky stay ultimate
I think that's the ultimate individual honor. If you're lucky enough to stay with one team, that's awesome.
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.
team
We may be back together. Who knows? We may not be. The team is doing well right now.
afraid coming few guy happy side
He was just huge. I was afraid of him. You had a 170-pound guy coming here and he was 220, 225 with these paws like a bear. I was pretty intimidated the first few years. I'm happy he was on my side the whole time.
afraid coming guy
He was just huge. I was afraid of him. Here I was a 175-pound guy coming here and this guy is 220, 225 with paws like a bear. I was pretty intimidated.
front needs talk team tells unless
He doesn't talk much on the bench. And he's pretty positive. But then he'll tell you privately, unless he needs to get the team going. Then he tells you in front of everybody.
given good happy hard opportunity worked
Listen, I've been here my whole career. I've accomplished something here. I put myself in a good position. I worked hard for where I'm at. They've given me an opportunity to succeed, so I'm happy for that. But on the other hand, there's things that could be an issue.
encourage knew line percent score tried
He didn't have to say that. We all knew what the score was. We all knew what was still on the line and every one of us tried to encourage each other here. Let's give 100 percent and we'll see where we end up.
nights score trouble
We had a lot of opportunities. We would've been in trouble if we couldn't score on those chances. It was just one of those nights where everything went in for us.