I'm really happy to get the deal done. All year I've been saying I wanted to stay here. This team can be a playoff team, even this year. It was an easy choice for me.
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We have to mentally ready to play every night, and tonight we weren't.Olli Jokinen
We got a penalty every time we tried to take a puck off them. In the new NHL, special teams will win or lose you games. For a while it looked the other way around for us, but we bounced back.
Olli Jokinen
The first three games against this team we didn't show up and we didn't play hard enough for. We wanted to show them we can beat them and it feels good. I can't remember when we got a victory against New Jersey.
Olli Jokinen
It's hard to put into words. It's pretty similar to when Canada and the Soviet Union played the Summit Series. It's like that every time for us against them.
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We've been building a fan base, so we definitely want to win games and at least be in that ninth place. That's still a possibility. The fans, and us as players, and the organization will have a better feeling going to the long summer.
Olli Jokinen
If it was my call, there wouldn't be shootouts. It has more to do with pee-wee hockey it's good for kids.
Olli Jokinen
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