Chris Osgood Quotes

We did have our chances. It was a game of bounces, and we didn`t find one. I was surprised we lost.

You knew it was going to happen sooner or later.

It was something I was looking forward to for a while, the chance to play at home. It was tough missing opening night, missing so many games with an injury. So now, about a month later, I get to play at home under different circumstances. I enjoyed it. Ever since I came back and put the jersey on, I`ve been fired up about playing here.

I`ll practice hard and get ready to play when he tells me to play, and support Manny. More than ever, it`s more about the team than it ever has been.

For me, it`s better to be out for a week or two weeks, than be out for three months. It doesn`t feel as bad as what they say, but I`ve never had a groin injury, so I don`t know how long it will be. I don`t feel I`ll be out that long, for some reason. I don`t know. I have to wait to put my stuff on, see how I feel.

I was just asking him how he was, and I said I was ready and he didn`t have to push it if he was injured, and that was it, really.

I think we`re all wondering how the game is going to be called, whether there is going to be a parade of players to the penalty box.

It`s something I`d been looking forward to for a long time, playing a game at home. It`s a lot better playing in red and white. I`ve been under siege a few times at the other end.

Piet said if I hurt it worse, it could be like two or three months. It`s a bad injury for a goalie. I know guys that have been out for a year.

Tonight wasn`t one of our better games, but we managed to find a way.