They were on the attack all night long, and their D was up the ice all night. They're a hard team to play against. |
They work so hard every night, and to go eight games without a win is difficult. For them to come out and to play that hard and play that well is a testament to the character in the room. |
This is part of the progression of being a good team, having these pieces slide together. Ollie was outstanding. He was our best player out there. |
Those are the types of situations where you get opportunities and you cash in on it. Who knows what that will be a springboard to? He's got a great shot. He had an opportunity. |
Tonight we took a step in the right direction. We have a young group that's learning and we are proud of them every night. They work hard and it's nice to be rewarded on the road. |
We are what we are. I mean, it's not an NHL lineup. We're playing a lot of prospects. On the positive side some people got to see maybe some future players, but these kids are still a long way away from being ready to wear this sweater for real. |
We are what we are. That was not an NHL lineup. We're playing with a lot of prospects. People get to see some future players, but these kids are a long way away from wearing the sweater for real and it showed up. |
We battled hard. Physically, I thought we controlled that part of the game. We had chances at the end -- we had two whacks at a puck a few feet from the goal line -- but it came down to special teams again. Most of our problems this year have come on the power play. |
We had about 15 or 16 games in a row where we just totally outworked teams. We didn't get the result every night that we wanted, but we hit everything that moved, we worked hard -- there wasn't one team that outworked us. You're going to have a lull. We had two of them, and I'm glad we responded and didn't make it three. |
We had about 15 or 16 games in a row where we just totally outworked teams. We didn't get the result every night that we wanted, but we hit everything that moved, we worked hard; there wasn't one team that outworked us. You're going to have a lull. We had two of them, and I'm glad we responded and didn't make it three. |
We have some tough decisions to make. |
We have some work ahead of us, but we're not focusing on our first exhibition game. We're focusing on the light at the end of the tunnel. We want to make sure all steps are taken before we get to the regular season. |
We just expect him to hold strong and steal us a point. It was unexpected for him to shut them out in a shootout. |
We knew that it was going to be a penalty-fest. It's a good game for us to learn what we can get away with and what you can't get away with. |
We should never get in a situation where we have to have a valiant effort to come back. We should be able to execute a little better at the start and not get ourselves in that position. |