We have a lot of confidence in our goaltending. Peter was looking for more opportunities. |
We have some guys we're going to see play for the first time and I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do. |
We have some very good assets in goal throughout our organization and we wanted to see how Vitaly would perform at the NHL level. Overall, he has shown great upside and we were impressed with both his performance and his progress. We had a very special stretch of games in December and we believed it was the right time to give Vitaly a chance with our team. |
We hoped that maybe we could get a power play ourselves and get the equalizer. We got lucky. |
We just thought it was a good time to put (Theodore) in the lineup to make him a part of the game. I wanted to change the momentum of the game and get his feet wet. |
We know who's going to start, but we usually tell them the day before a game, and we'll let them know (today), |
We lost a couple of great players, no question, ... But I think everybody on this team is going to have more involvement than maybe other years. I think we're a deeper team, with four lines that can score, four lines that can play at both ends. |
We needed a win in the worst way and we felt the last three games were games we had to get something out of and didn't. It was nice to get these two points. |
We played a real strong game, did a lot of good things. They got a fortunate bounce and a break. |
We still have to determine if we're going to have 22 guys or 23 guys (on the roster). We've got a lot of defensemen in camp who have played in the NHL. |
We talk periodically when we play and sometimes between games. We've been familiar with one another for a while. |
We thought we had a great chance last year. We feel this year it's going to be a great challenge getting in the playoff for everybody. There are no freebies. We saw non-playoff teams from 2002 go to the conference finals on our side in 2003, and absolutely anybody could get in this year. If you get things going your way in our game, you can be tough to beat. |
We went through this last year with Prongs, ... We have to have leadership across the board. We will need a total team effort to get through this. |
We went through this last year with Prongs. We have to have leadership across the board. We will need a total team effort to get through this. |
We were looking to get something out of tonight s game and we got it done. |