David Clarkson on his future: "I don't know where I'll be. There haven't been any negotiations between my agent and Mr. Lamoriello."— Rich Chere (@Ledger_NJDevils) April 25, 2013
Clarkson: "I love playing here. My daughter is from here. I have a coach (DeBoer) I've had since I was young…"— Rich Chere (@Ledger_NJDevils) April 25, 2013
You know the spot you’re in and you have two choices – you roll over and die or you get up tomorrow and you find a way to turn one win into six or seven or whatever it’s going to take.”
Depending on the diagnosis of Ilya Kovalchuk’s shoulder, the image above could be the lasting one for this season for the Devils. His teammates and coach had some interesting and telling quotes after the game. Here’s a roundup of a few of them.
Pete DeBoer: “I think mentally coming into the season we’re prepared that we’re going to have to lose key people and be able to survive it.” (via Tom Gulitti on Twitter)
David Clarkson: “I’ve seen him play through a lot of things, so when he went down like that, yeah, it’s scary, but, hopefully, he’s all right.” (via Tom Gulitti on Twitter)
Martin Brodeur: “We have a job to do and if he’s going to be out for a while it’s definitely going to affect us.” (via Tom Gulitti on Twitter)
Brodeur: “You just hope it’s not something too serious and, hopefully, he’s OK. He’s a big bear. He’ll be fine.” (via Tom Gulitti on Twitter)
The try was there, the effort was there, but it’s been there almost every night this year. We have to translate that into points.”
#Devils lead #Flyers by 6 in conference standings. Peter DeBoer: "We want to try to bury the teams below us as quickly as possible."— Adam Kimelman (@NHLAdamK) March 15, 2013
More DeBoer: "You get an opportunity to separate yourself from the teams below you, you want to take full advantage of that."— Adam Kimelman (@NHLAdamK) March 15, 2013
