I know there's been a little bit of backlash from certain people, but you've just got to give him a chance, ... He obviously said something that after the fact he regrets saying, but he's not the one who did anything wrong. It was one person (Bertuzzi), and he paid a price for it (with an NHL suspension). |
I remember one year in the Adams, Boston had 109 points,Quebec 104, Montreal 102 and Buffalo was pretty close. The Northwest could be like that this year. If you're a fan, you're going to love watching our division. |
I think everybody learned what it really takes. |
I think it's going to bring a lot of excitement and a lot of flow to the game. That's all we're looking for, more flow and scoring chances. |
I think the Vancouver thing, you guys (in the media) are blowing out of proportion, |
I think they were flat [Saturday] and they're going to be a lot better. |
I think we're going to be a very competitive, very exciting team. |
I want to be the guy who either puts it away or tries to keep it alive. It didn't get there. Obviously, it wasn't meant to be. |
I was surprised. I didn't see that coming. We're going to miss him. It was just a great treat every time you played Pittsburgh and watched Mario play. We're going to miss him as a player, but I'm sure he's going to be around the game. |
I wish he could be playing in Colorado with me. |
I'm especially impressed by what Earl does. He's not the tallest guy in the world and to go and do what he does against those guys . . . I have a lot of appreciation for what they do. |
I've said it before, I feel bad for what happened to Steve. But Brad's not the one who did it. I'm sure he feels bad for what happened. |
I've said it before: You can't blame Brad for what happened to Steve; he's not the one that did it. You can only blame one guy, and he's in Vancouver. Brad said something that after the fact he regretted, but no one expected what was going to happen. |
If (the slump) keeps going, it will be a concern, but right now we're doing some good things offensively, |
In the end, we just weren't good enough. We didn't move enough. We didn't generate enough scoring chances and we didn't pay the price [by playing physical]. |