Lockout Quotes

"Gary owes an apology because he started the lockout. He put all of this in motion."
-Bob Goodenow

"The best thing that happened for most of these rookies is the lockout. They got another year to mature away from the NHL. ... It made a huge difference for all of them."
-Pierre Maguire

"It's a different team. In the year and a half of the lockout, they made changes."
-Ian Laperriere

"I don't think any fans had really hard feelings. I imagine during the lockout when we weren't playing, they probably didn't have too many good things to say. But they were really positive and said they were glad we came back."
-Scott Hartnell

"The biggest thing is that I've got past the injury. I'm one of the few guys who actually did benefit from the lockout."
-Marty Reasoner

"We will continue our picketing by all legal means available to us. What about the lockout? Doesn't that constitute abusive behavior by Disney/ABC?"
-Tom Donahue

"With the Olympics coming up and everything we're trying to do after the lockout, the timing really is awful."
-Jason Arnott

"We're saying (this) is a lockout because of retaliation over that no-layoff arbitration that we won."
-Chad Caldwell

"I think we were close before the lockout, and now, even though we have a bunch of new guys, we?re still close, if not closer to being a championship team."
-Simon Gagne