If you're going to make a commitment to be in the Olympics, you're in all the time. You can't pick and choose. Every four years, everyone's under the same sort of strain. I'm actually very fortunate. I think everyone got out healthy. |
In Tennessee, it's a non-traditional sport. The casual fans are coming and saying, 'You know what? I've never had so much fun at a sporting event.' And now they're coming back. That's how you build a base for any sport. That's how you get fans to come to the games - they've got to have a good time. |
It is hard, even as a coach, to say who's going to win it. There's so many teams that are a lot closer than you think. The point totals, disregard them. It's what teams are playing well, what teams aren't. |
It sort of validated what we've been trying to do for a long time. And hopefully it allows us to turn the corner and take the next step. That next step being making the playoffs consistently and being a threat for the Stanley Cup every year. |
It was a bang-bang type of thing. We did a good job when we went down 2-0 with Walker's goal. We hung our heads a little bit when they scored their next three goals. |
It was a big effort for David. It's something that he can hopefully build on. We're going to need David to be a prominent player down the stretch here. |
It was a good call. Scott Hartnell threw his stick. It's taken out of his own hands, he's out of control of it. |
It was our energy and bang line that was out there. They are supposed to generate energy and they didn't do that. |
It's a fun time. You come to the rink with something on the line every night. |
It's a real good opportunity for him and our team to make a statement that, 'Hey, we're more than one player,' and I think people tend to forget about that. |
It's good for our team to be able to come into Detroit and play like that against an extremely good team. I can remember the first and second - and even the third and fourth - years of this franchise, we really had no belief that we could come in here and win. |
It's got to change within the room. Guys have to be disciplined and accountable. (Those) who aren't are messing with teammates. |
Not relying on someone else to do it is the most satisfying part I think. We just got it done ourselves tonight. |
One of our goals is to have home-ice advantage. We're not going to look behind us. We've just got to look forward. These are playoff-type games, and we found a way to win. |
Our penalty killing was outstanding, especially Greg Johnson and Adam Hall. |