"I'm going to miss Montreal. I made a lot of friends, with hockey and also outside of hockey. I spent 14 years of my life there. I went there when I was 20 years old. I experienced pretty much everything in my adult life there. Sometimes, in life, you need a new challenge. And this is going to be a new chapter in my life."
- Former Canadiens captain Saku Koivu who signed a one-year, $3.25 million deal with the Anaheim Ducks Wednesday.