Pairings Quotes

We've got the line combinations down pat. We've got great goaltending and good defensive pairings. Hopefully we can finish off the season strong. - Derek Roy

We've been practicing at 5:45 in the morning since we found out the pairings. I'm from Stephen (Minn.), so those early practices are kind of in the blood. - Craig Smith

This weekend is just another tune-up before the season really kicks off. [The matches] should really help us get the lineup and some new doubles pairings [prepared]. - Efe Ustundag

That poster is a template to project so many different pairings with so many different meanings. It is an image that captures the imagination but begs to be remade. - Marty Kaplan

Some of the nervousness going into the season is the changes. Why are we a better team? We're a better team because we made the playoffs in 2003-04. But is Danny Markov a good fit in our defense? Who is he going to play with? What are defense pairings going to be because it looks like they are all going to be different than they once were. - David Poile

Most of us have been together for three years. And we've played a lot of golf together. We'll have a meeting to decide the pairings, but it probably won't take a lot of time. - George Rinehart

Last weekend was a weekend when a few results kept things very tight. I still believe that it says a lot about the conference that everybody's grouped so closely and that really winning a game at the right time, making a couple of plays at the right time, those are the things that really will determine the standings and the playoff pairings. - Bob Bradley