I'm not buying; I'm selling. Money will not be thrown around like it was in the (Mike) Keenan era.
--Blues GM Ron Caron on throwing 5 of his players into the 'sale' bin just prior to the trading deadline.

Harry can spend whatever it takes, but you can't buy a winner. Look at Edmonton's and Buffalo's payrolls. They've kicked our ass this year.
--Boston Bruins' owner Jeremy Jacobs on opening the purse-strings for GM Harry Sinden

I have no respect for the way he plays. He's gutless and won't stand up for himself.
--Darren McCarty on Claude Lemieux

Two words on the proposed comeback of Gordie Howe: please don't
--Toronto Sun Columnist Steve Simmons

The scorers scored; the fighters fought and the checkers checked. It was an easy game to coach. I felt like Jacques Lemaire.
--Rangers' Coach Colin Campbell after a 3-2 win over the Capitals

I've cut down from two martinis a day to one
--L.A. Kings' Director of Hockey Operations Rogie Vachon, on his training regimen leading up to his first oldtimers game in 14 years.

It's not like it was my 100th or something.
--Alex Mogilny on having a goal called back even when replay proved it was perfectly legitimate.

As I said to my wife last year when the Rangers got knocked out of the playoffs by Pittsburgh: 'As much as I hate losing, I've played 17 years and won 6 Stanley Cups. So 11 other times I lost.' And she says: 'so you're a loser'
--Oilers defenceman Kevin Lowe

All you writers say is how we have a two-player team but we beat the Oilers. The Mighty Oilers.
--Anaheim coach Ron Wilson after his Ducks beat the Oil 4-1 despite losing star winger Teemu Selanne to injury midway through the game.

I told Kris 'if I get the opportunity I'll do my best'
--Darren McCarty in the aftermath after the bloodied melee on Wednesday.

It was the best 4 minute penalty I ever took
--Darren McCarty on the penalty received after bashing Claude Lemieux's face in.

I obviously got sucker punched. I wouldn't have been in that position on the ice if I hadn't been
--Claude Lemieux on Darren McCarty bashing his face in.

It wasn't a sucker punch, he was standing to the side and he saw me.
--McCarty's reply.

I've got no problem playing that heartless team in the playoffs. They showed their true colors. They're gutless.
--Mike Keane on the brawl on Wednesday.

Get out of my way you bleepin' bleep.
--Pierre Lacroix while passing Bob Wojnowski (who wrote a piece in the newspaper entitled A Time for Revenge which was ccompanied with a wanted poster of Claude Lemieux) in the hallway.

If it weren't for Lemieux, Detroit would be charcoal. The Detroit fire department ought to present him with a lifetime achievment award. He saved Detroit from itself. Denver celebrates with champagne, Detroit with Molotov cocktails. Let them enjoy their one trifling victory over the Avalanche
--Denver Post columnist Woody Paige

There's nothing I hate more than seeing Tommy Larscheid practice his golf swing. Any of you guys want to play gold with Larscheid, get out now and stay out.
--Tom Renney's tantrum after the San Jose loss.

The thing that bothers me is he never says good things about Bure and Mogilny or guys like that. If some guys never hear anything good about themselves....it can be like bad parenting. If you're going to lose, you've got to lose with your best players. And that's not the case.
--Anonymous Canuck on Tom Renney

One of the earliest and most obvious indications Renney was not involving others in his decision making, despite his newness to the NHL game and NHL players, was the split in the team's coaching staff.
--Another anonymous Canuck on Tom Renney

All of the things you were taught when you were younger about the values you have as a team are even more relevant at this level. The answers aren't in the Xs and Os, it's in being a team. When your team isn't a team, it pulls at you every waking moment. But when you lose a hockey game and your team played poorly, saying anything about it after the game doesn't work. [Players[ are in no mood to listen to you because they're too frustrated with the loss. After 43 games [last season], I'm sure there were people who said: 'Hitchcock did okay in juniour and the minors, but these are the big boys and it's a different story this time around. Maybe he's the wrong guy.' But I had a G.M. who had a lot of faith in me. I had to learn the lessons. I woudln't have lasted.
--Dallas coach Ken Hitchcock.

I have a lot of respect for Patrick to do something like that.
--Mike Vernon on Patrick Roy. Despite the fact they thre punches earlier in the game, when Roy was scored on in overtime he had the presence in mind to shoot the puck down to Vernon as a keepsake, the move accompanied by a wave.

I didn't have any intention of throwing a stick in the stand and injuring one of our fans. I apologize deeply for that. It was a total lack of discipline.
--Gord Murphy, after throwing a temper tantrum and hurling his stick into the stands and injuring an 11 year-old child.

I could be playing in Europe right now or in Africa or Australia. If I'm losing, I'm not having fun. I don't think the location has anything to do with it.
--Boston goalie Jim Carey

The game is played so differently now, if a player gets 100 points, that's say 40 goals and 60 assists, you know he's had a pretty solid season.
--Rangers center Wayne Gretzky

It took Gretz one year, didn't it?
--Kelly Buchberger after reaching the 200 point-mark for his 11-year career.

I will if I'm minus 5 again
--Rangers Ulf Sameulsson when asked if he'd shed a tear about playing in the Hartford Civic Centre for the last time before Saturday's game.

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