It's a different team. In the year and a half of the lockout, they made changes, |
It's a good team win, but not too much time to celebrate that. We're going to Calgary and get right back at it. |
It's going to feel a little bit like the playoffs. Those points mean so much. These are crucial points. Sometimes it is easy to play on the road because you simplify things. You don't feel like you have to put on a show. Hopefully, that will be the case. We don't need to put on a show on the road, we just need points. That's the mentality from everybody. |
It's great to see, because you've got guys around the league who think they're bigger than the game. He's not one of them, for sure. And just the work ethic - every hour he puts in the gym all year. I've never seen a guy work out that much in the gym - ever. |
It's not like we've been playing bad for the last month, but we didn't put in an effort like we did tonight for 60 minutes, and it's great to see. We just put the working boots on. |
It's only Game 7 of 82, ... We've got time to redeem ourselves. |
Joel is not afraid to let those two guys jump in when he doesn't see something. It's nice to see. It's not one guy controlling everybody. They're not puppets. They bring their input, and that's what makes coaches successful. |
Nobody panicked. That's what I like about this team. We're an older team and we've got a lot of guys who have been through that. We got a goal right away and our special teams did a heck of a job. |
Our top guys are character guys, and they never quit. It's contagious. |
Poor guy, every time he plays, he's in a shootout. He played real well and saved the game at the end. I feel for him. He doesn't play that much and we can't find a way to win for him. You want to get two points, but we'll take the one. |
That's pretty much what it comes down to right now - winning. Our accent now is we just have to win our games. You focus more on games like (tonight). It doesn't matter if it is on the road or at home. You are ready already. . . . You know that night you are going to bring your 'A' game because it's do or die right now. |
That's the biggest improvement we can get: consistency. Our team's old enough to realize that. It's a matter of putting it together. |
That's what they want with eight games against the same team. That's what they got out of us, a good rivalry, it's good for the game. People like fighting, it just happened to be me tonight. |
The fourth day was the worst. I was sitting on my couch and I didn't do anything that day and . . . wow. I'm feeling a lot better now. I think it should be a huge advantage for us. |
The intensity is going to carry over (tonight), but points are way too important to do something stupid out there. |