Zhitnik Quotes

Without Zhitnik in there it left a hole. We were kind of putting pairs together and trying to see what worked. It's a bad team to be trying to do that against. - Brad Shaw

I've played in the Eastern Conference for a decade and know what it takes to win. The Islanders have been a playoff team the last few years and now I'm hopeful I can take us to the next level. The playoffs have always been when I have played my best hockey. - Alexei Zhitnik

It was a great time here. We had great runs in the playoffs. We were underdogs all the time, but we had a lot of good teams. We stuck together all the way until the end. - Alexei Zhitnik

I'm going to be fine. It wasn't like yesterday. - Alexei Zhitnik

I tried to lift my skates. Sometimes it bounces your way and sometimes it bounces against you. Hopefully, it's the last one that bounces against me. - Alexei Zhitnik

I have to think long-term first for the Islanders and myself. That is what is fair. - Alexei Zhitnik

I don't want to say what Buffalo offered, but I took the best deal. . . . I got four years, the deal that I wanted. - Alexei Zhitnik

I definitely was thinking. - Alexei Zhitnik