There were a couple of times I thought they could've changed the course of my situation. But they've worked through it with us and I think that's made us a better organization. |
There's no way we should've gotten a point tonight and we did. |
These are playoff-type games. And we found a way to win. |
They believed they were going to come back, and we were sloppy. |
They cycle well against anybody. You look at their top six forwards, they're big men. They can wear you down. It's hard to get it back once they start cycling. It takes a lot of energy to get the puck back sometimes. It takes away a lot of your offense. |
They had some good chances on the power play. They were sitting on top of Tomas and firing away with the puck. |
They really stepped it up. This was like the last day of school. Everyone is looking at the clock and it's 2:55. But we were able to maintain our focus. |
They threw a lot of rubber at us. The 21 shots in the first period were embarrassing. |
They were probably just sending out their business cards for the year. |
They're winning our trust because they're getting the job done. |
Things came to us real easy in the first period. It is a little bit of human nature to let your foot off the gas a bit after a start like that. When a game is so easy at the start it is a hard game to play. |
This group wants to get better. That's a sign of maturity. But we have to keep everything in perspective. We have to retain our work ethic and work on our speed and structure. |
This was a surprise. But I tell our guys to expect the unexpected ... When you come to grips with how you have to beat a team, most of the time you are going to be very successful. |
Those 48 shots were realistic shots. We drove through the middle as much as we could. We created outside lanes. We shot the puck a lot. If you throw the puck at the net you have a good chance of it going in. |
To me, that's a little bit of a slap in the face. I think we're a pretty good hockey team. ... The only thing we need to do is prove it on the ice. |