I would say it was one of the better teams I've seen. |
In the NHL these days, you don't get surprised by too much. When we went and got Cory Stillman , you could kind of see it coming that something might not work out. We still had hopes that they would get both of them signed -- that would've been really good. That's the business of hockey right now, and other teams go through the same thing every year. |
In the past we've found ways to win. And we have to start doing that real quick here. |
Isn't it funny? After all the quality chances, that one goes in. |
It shouldn't be like this. We know what to do and what to do to make it happen. We are all sick of hearing about it and talking about it. We have to do it. We have to win the battles. We are talented enough to win the puck and hold the puck. |
It was just bad, everything, it started off bad and it was a waterfall, starting with myself making a turnover and it ends up in our net. |
It was probably the worst loss of the season. Not just the result but the way we played, we were undisciplined. It was good to regroup and bounce back. |
It was tough to get our emotional level up all day. |
It's been an anxious time, for sure, and they're all very happy and very proud. |
It's been one of those years. A lot of good teams this year that did well, their power plays are pretty steady. We, for some reason, go two or three weeks where we can do no wrong, and then we go a month or a month and a half where it's just a battle. We got to figure it out. We have the personnel. If I have the answer, I'd think we'd change things. |
It's been one of those years. We feel now that finally we got in, we can start over here hopefully and try to do something. |
It's been unbelievable how Jay has handled this summer. There were not a whole lot of people outside the organization that thought he could get it all done. But he stayed steady and got done what he needed to do. |
It's desperation. We know we've dug ourselves a pretty big hole. We weren't trying to get out of it. We were just floating along. The last three games, for sure, were a big step. |
It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished. |
It's far from done, but we got some things accomplished (in Ottawa). We exorcised some demons in the third period (Sunday) in that building. |