One guy is not going to want the other to get the best of him." - Team Canada's Jonathan Toews, talking about Chicago Blackhawks teammate and Team USA's Patrick Kane We'll be competitive if we get a chance to play each other. "We're always, in a fun way, competing against each other on a daily basis. "It's always a fun challenge to play against top players in this league and it's an awesome feeling to shut them down." - Team Sweden's Oliver Ekman-Larsson This is fun for me and my family, to be part of this." - New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur It's fun, it's great, but we're not really here to put a big show on. "But at the end of the day, we're just playing hockey. And when we get to the hotel tonight, it's all business, because the game's too important tomorrow." - New Jersey Devils coach Peter DeBoer So the message to our group today was enjoy the day, let's have fun, enjoy your families here today. One of us might be on the outside looking in. And the reality of this, the way things look, one of us might be in the playoffs. Two teams that are this close in the standings. At the same time this is a huge game tomorrow. You know what, I've watched all the games from the past that have been outdoors, saying to myself, 'Boy, I would like this to happen to me one time,' that it seems like it's a lot of fun." - New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault "This is a different atmosphere, different environment, but as far as the sheet of ice, the 200 by 85 - it stays the same it's going to be the same game, except there will probably be a heightened sense of awareness and a little bit more excitement out there, and it should be pleasant and a lot of fun for everybody. "Definitely warm-ups will be fun, looking around, skating around." - New York Islanders' Kyle Okposo one o'clock tomorrow, you have two teams that are kind of in the same situation, trying to fight to get in, and hopefully we'll be all business then." - Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella So I hope they enjoy themselves with their family. You know, with this team, at least the coach of this team is in a little bit different situation where we're dying on the vine here. I hope there are some good stories that come out of it. But I was fortunate enough to play in one in Philly and it's a neat process. I thought they just kept the building really cold. "Yeah, I didn't even realize the roof was open at first, because it kind of blends in a little bit. It's going to be a fun experience." - New Jersey Devils defenseman Andy Greene At the end of the day, you've just got to enjoy that it's probably never going to happen again." - Toronto Maple Leafs' Jonathan Bernier It's a special group, and I cannot thank them enough today for what happened to me." - Colorado Avalanche coach Patrick Roy They had in their mind to surprise the world of hockey, and that's exactly what they've done by winning the Central Division. It's fun to see it happening, but I know why I'm receiving this trophy: I have a group of players that made a commitment and bought into what we wanted to do. "I never thought would have ever happened, to be honest with you. "It's never a fun situation because your partner, you know something might not be good with him, but that's the job and you have to be ready when they call you." - Florida Panthers' Dan Ellis It's so exciting to be back." - Columbus Blue Jackets' Nathan Horton It's been a lot of fun, especially the whole month of December." - Anaheim Ducks' Jonas Hiller You might have the best stats, but if you lose, it's still not really fun. That's the way it goes, I'm not the first guy to miss in a shootout, won't be the last, but it's always tough to miss, for sure." - Colorado Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon "Yeah, it was fun, a lot more fun if I could have scored. It's fun to join that." - Boston Bruins' Jarome Iginla "You can tell they have that swagger and that confidence that it's a really good club. So, since we're all about fun here at /NHL, especially during the offseason, we've decided to tell the 2013-14 season using only quotes containing the word "fun." Did we succeed? Well, it was fun trying. Maybe it's because they appear to be having more fun at their sport than most other athletes. We've noticed over the years that NHL players for whatever reason have a tendency to use the word "fun" a lot.
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