It's huge to get that extra point. We don't care what other teams are doing. That's just like a regular two points for us. It's a win. No other way to put it. With 29 games left, we gained a point (on Toronto) and moved up two points on the teams ahead of us. |
It's huge to win the division. It's another step for this franchise and another important accomplishment. |
It's nice to know that there is not too much rust after a year off, |
It's pretty obvious why we didn't get two points. I saw some saves out there that you just shake your head at. He made a couple on me that were ridiculous. |
It's scarier up around the eyes. The mouth, at least, you can fix it. |
It's special to even be mentioned with such great players. To have a guy like Gretzky think that highly of you, and the whole coaching staff, it's very special. I guess you get rewarded for success and hard work. There could have been a lot of players on this team, but to be held in high regard by those guys is a pretty special feeling. |
Johnny kept us in it. He was quite impressive. |
Marty got criticized for all the wrong reasons. Marty always cared. Marty was still Marty inside. |
No disrespect to Italy or Germany, but it's going to get harder as we go. That's what we're doing, we're trying to get better every day. |
Not going up 2-0 was big. |
Sometimes those things happen. You put the puck on net and good things happen. Sometimes you are on the right side of the puck. |
That can't infiltrate your room, it can't get into people's heads. If one person doesn't believe, this is not going to work. We've been loose, we've been secluded and having a good time. Everyone has been hanging out. This is so much fun to be part of the playoffs and we know how much fun it is for two months. We are all together having fun and we are just going to try to keep battling. |
That might have given me a chance to deke instead of shoot, but I did catch it out of the corner of my eye. |
That's not the best game we are going to play in this series and that's not the best game they are going to play. We didn't get the result, but we feel very loose, we feel very confident. Things happen. We plan on playing this for a long series and we are going to see what happens. Nothing is finished, nothing is over. We wanted to win one up here and we have a chance to do that [tonight]. |
That's the way change is. You see it in different teams and players around the league. It will happen to us someday, probably sooner than we can ever imagine. Every team evolves and that's the way teams go. |