It's hard to maintain that playoff intensity for two more weeks. Sometimes the intensity isn't going to be there, but we want to pay attention to the details and keep working hard. If we do that, in most games we'll give ourselves a chance to win. |
Our thought process is to have him get back in game shape by the start of the playoffs. We wanted to bring in more of a veteran presence coming into the playoffs and a guy with the potential to score. |
Sometimes you just match up well with a team. Look at Utah. They've kind of got our number. |
That one, they gave to us for free. This time, they came in here to play a three-game series for first place. They're here for business right now. They're not going to give us anything for free now. |
That's as much pressure as you can put on yourself. |
The guys are rolling. We played a real good team and I'm glad we rose up to the challenge. We needed to improve against the top teams in the league and tonight was a big step for us. |
They came ready to play, but maybe their goalie wasn't quite ready, and it hurt them. |
They really have some chemistry now. They work hard and they're confident. |
They take losses pretty hard, and they want to rebound well. That's the sign of a good character team, that they don't lose back-to-back. |
They're well coached, they've got good character guys and they've got good talent. I see some similarities to us, but I don't know about well coached. |
They've all bought into our system and they're seven hard-working guys committed to playing defense and trying to help us win. They're a huge part of this team. We're almost as good defensively as we are offensively. |
They've got good character, a lot of skill and a lot of depth. They're a real solid hockey team, from top to bottom. |
They've just been on fire. They're winning games for us. They're all skilled guys who can play in the American Hockey League and they bring a work ethic to the table. |
We couldn't win a puck battle. I thought our effort was fine, but we made some glaring mistakes and lost battles. |
We have to leave them with the impression, win or lose, that it's not easy to win here. We want to let Anchorage know that when they come here, they're going to have to work for it. That's the way the playoffs are going to be, and this is kind of like a mini-playoff series, and we just want to win that series. |