Eric Desjardins
Eric Desjardins
Jean Noël Éric Desjardinsis a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguewith the Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1993 and headlined the Flyers defence for over a decade. He currently works for his own business...
adapted anybody game hitting hold hook played playoffs sure taking
I don't think they are taking away the hitting or the battles. They don't want anybody to hold and hook and use their sticks. It's something we adapted to during the season, and they're reinforcing it in the playoffs to make sure the game is still played the same way.
sticks
I don't need wooden sticks to tell me I'm getting older.
health
If he can play, great. But he's got to think about his health first.
image player ruin
I don't think a player can ruin the image of a team,
eight feels goal good original savior sit struggle team time tough watch weeks
It?s not that I want to come back to be a savior or anything like that. I want to come back because I?m ready. Sure, it?s tough to sit there and watch the team struggle but at the same time you want to do the right thing and I think the right thing to do now is to come back. It?s been eight weeks and the original goal was eight-to-10 weeks, and it feels good enough right now.
moving puck quickly
They were moving the puck very quickly in our end (that period).
battle beat came loose puck quick team time
Their team was really quick on every loose puck and that's where they beat us. Every time there was a battle we came up short.
excuse fine goal power score scoring seem stop third
I think it's going to get better, but that's no excuse. We were fine going into the third but couldn't seem to find a way to score the big goal and stop them scoring on the power play.
advantage best focused happens rather stay sure
When something like that happens you just want to make sure you make them pay. The best thing to do, rather than getting upset, is stay focused and take advantage of the five-minute major.
bad everybody jump knows serious timing year
Everybody knows after a year off, timing is going to take a little while to come back. It's too bad for those guys, but they're serious guys. They're veterans. They'll jump right in and they'll be fine.