He was out there doing all the things he's done so he looks like he's feeling better and ready to go. |
He was playing well enough to get called up last week but we want him to play his American Hockey League games. |
He's a candidate but our standing doesn't help his cause. I can say this though. I haven't seen many guys more enthusiastic for the game. |
He's a dynamic player, a player you can build a team around. |
He's played great down the stretch. He's started to get the opportunity to play and he's got some confidence and he's gone on from there. |
Here we are, we're out of the playoffs, and as coaches, we're all quite sad we didn't get the extra point. It's just another example of a team that's fairly resilient. For a team with 61 points, I think there's likely not a lot of teams like that you could attach that word to. |
His consistency is amazing. All first-year players seem to have some peaks and valleys to their game, and Alex is able to continue to play well. |
His test is going to be consistency. The great players do it for 10 years, and I'm sure that he will be able to handle that. He's just so all about hockey that I can't see why he wouldn't. |
I always go under the assumption that players are going to play until I hear differently. I'm sure he'll be ready to go. |
I can choose for this situation to use me, but I'm not going to. There are a few teams who have separated themselves from the playoff race and we're one of them. I won't say we're out of it - I'll never admit that. But there is a separation where if we are to replace people, we will see a younger player. |
I don't know if you can expect your team to outwork people every single night. You can't. It's impossible. |
I don't know why there is such a disparity. How do you give a tangible answer to that? I've gone over everything. I've looked at all the statistics. |
I don't see any reason why not. I assume he's [ready] after watching practice. |
I don't think a right winger has scored five-on-five. We're just trying to find some chemistry. |
I felt that that was one of the few games that we didn't give a winning effort. |