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* “I’m all Swedish, no Finnish.”

* “Give me the puck. I’m hot — in the steam room.”

* “I told the guys before that I had good hands — but it was in the casino.”

* “If your goalie’s not there? It’s like trying to build a house on soft land.”

* “Just from school.” (After being asked if he’d even been suspended.)

* “I got out of the ship. I jumped out and swam back to land.” (After being traded from Chicago to playoff-bound Calgary.)

* “For us, it was office hockey, whatever you call it, You know, when you play from the office — no emotion, a flat effort.”

* “On the road, we play hospital hockey — lots of patience.”

* “We are trying to find the body parts we left out there.” (Nodding towards the ice during the playoff break.)

* “OK, the Here, There, Everywhere Line. The second stupid name was the More Speed And Heart Than Skill Line. Or, the More Everything Else Than Skill Line.” (After being asked to come up with a name for his line with Shean Donovan and Marcus Nilson.)

* “I think starting in Game 3, we had one bus and 20 drivers . . . and 20 steering wheels.”

* “Well, you start with a clean table. But it won’t take long before it’s a dirty table.” (After being asked about the upcoming series against Tampa.)

* “One thing — I will be well-rested and almost arrested.” (After serving a one-game suspension for blindsiding Vincent Lecavalier.)

* “We got outworked, we got outmuscled, we got outplayed, we got whatever-out. We got all kinds of outs. And now we are out of Tampa.”