More - Saku Koivu Quotes

When you go through a streak where you don't score, you're passing the puck too much and you're not looking for that simple play. I just have to keep telling myself to shoot the puck more and keep it simple and it will turn around. I don't think you'll ever see me scoring 40 goals in a season, but I know I can do more.

Saku Koivu

 

Right now any game is really big for us. And you know, there is special tension between Toronto in every game. It's going to be a fun game. But right now we're looking for nothing but just to get the win and get the two points.

Saku Koivu

 

I'm sure it's going to be loud before and hopefully it's going to be loud after the game, too.

Saku Koivu

 Game

We had a short meeting before the game about how we have to show that we are a team, ... It's not about one guy or one line, it's how we are going to react under adversity, and I thought we did a very good job.

Saku Koivu

 Game

There are moments like this in sports where you have a hard time seeing the positive.

Saku Koivu

 

I was a little worried about that. When you have to kill almost two minutes, it's rough.

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He played a great game but I don't think that was a factor. We didn't as well as we should have, and we can, and this kind of a defensive effort is not going to take us anywhere.

Saku Koivu

 

I felt OK. I knew it was going to be a little tough, but once the game got going, I was able to get in the right spots.

Saku Koivu

 

For some reason we didn't get the best game out of us today. Sweden is a better team and they handled it better.

Saku Koivu

 Reason

That's probably the most hated team we face in hockey. I think it goes just way, way back to years and years ago when we were under Sweden.

Saku Koivu