It's early in the pre-season and it was the ideal time for Milan to get this taken care of. He'll be fully recovered in a few weeks and ready to embark on a long regular season. |
It's early in the preseason, and it was the ideal time for Milan to do this, |
It's early in the preseason, and it was the ideal time for Milan to do this. |
It's great to be back, I love it here in St. Louis. It was a special day. It's good to be back behind the bench coaching a game here. |
It's nice knowing that we have a lot of forwards that can play wing and center, so we can adapt and mix it up quite a bit. |
It's not etched in stone that that's how we're going to start. We wanted him to experience it here and see how he handled it. That's an option. He's a talented kid, so the upside is huge. Skill-wise, offensively, he can do a lot of things with his shot. The quick hands jumped out at me. It's going to be a huge boost. One more dangerous weapon offensively who can help our power play. |
It's one day at a time. |
It's one game where you probably give more equitable ice time. Everybody got to play a little bit more and probably got a little bit more quality ice time. |
It's tough when you don't need a lot of goals to win and don't. But we did get three out of four points this weekend, and we're tied for first place. |
It's tough. We gave (the extra point) to a team that we're right with, so it was a vital swing of three points. |
Joe wanted to go. A couple guys wanted to go, and I think you need (prior) approval, and I didn't want to risk (a penalty) at that stage of the game. I still think he'll remember it. It was a huge goal, a timely goal. |
Joe, every time on the ice, looks as good as he's always been. His leadership skills, he always wants to be first, he always wants to play well. He's the top guy in the gym all the time. Maybe he's a little bit more comfortable in his surroundings. |
Mentally, I think his overall approach is terrific. I think he's got great composure for a young kid. He's relaxed. He's not cocky. He's composed. He's got a real businesslike approach to his profession. At a young age, that's a good sign. |
Milan is feeling much better today. We'll see how he is tomorrow. There is a chance he could play. |
Milan, tricky player, ... He upgrades the whole team. |