We have a team with a strong work ethic. We weren't going to sit back no matter what the score was. We had to force the issue. |
We knew it was imperative to get off to a good start and we certainly had some jump in our step, |
We knew they were disappointed in their effort against Phoenix and were going to come out very hard. Our sitting back and being assertive in our game only compounded the problem tonight. |
We like Dustin a lot. For the same reasons I'm sure he was appreciated in his hometown, he's appreciated here. He comes to work every day and is maturing every day as a hockey player. He plays hard. I think he's more from Southern Manitoba then from Upstate New York, but that's the kind of kid he is. |
We made some fundamental mistakes. Obviously we're disappointed to give up that many goals and get a short-handed goal scored on us at the end. |
We played solid tonight. We knew the Bruins would be aggressive tonight after their game against San Jose but we just kept battling. |
We took advantage of our opportunities and our penalty killers stepped up. |
We wasted a good effort against a very good team. But I'm not about to kick dirt on my players. |
We were afraid of being embarrassed here if we didn't play hard. |
We're beating ourselves up mentally. We need to win a game to get the feeling going. |
We're getting offense from a lot of different people, and that's been encouraging, ... We had a tough time scoring goals last year. We don't want to be passing out bouquets yet or anything like that. Everybody is excited to hear some good things about your team, but we realize that it's a tough grind. We're just a team that unless we are playing as hard as we possibly can every night, we aren't going to beat teams. |
We've been hit hard already this year, ... And really there's nothing we can do about it. Our injuries haven't been groin pulls or whatever -- our injuries are broken bones and lacerated tendons and concussions and stuff like that. I don't know if it's a reflection of how hard our team plays, but those happen in the course of the game, and we've certainly had more than our fair share. You have to think that's going to even up for us pretty soon and we'll have faced everything we possibly can. |
We've been hit hard already this year. And really there's nothing we can do about it. Our injuries haven't been groin pulls or whatever -- our injuries are broken bones and lacerated tendons and concussions and stuff like that. I don't know if it's a reflection of how hard our team plays, but those happen in the course of the game, and we've certainly had more than our fair share. You have to think that's going to even up for us pretty soon and we'll have faced everything we possibly can. |
We've got to fight through the negativity. The players know there's no excuse for not playing better than we did tonight. We're not on top of our game. |
What concerns me is we had a 5-on-3 for a full two minutes in the third period with five good players on the ice and we can't get into the zone to set it up. We wasted a good effort against a very good team. |