They've played well against us. They always play hard, they skate real well and they've added some good players. |
Tomas is a good goalie. To their credit they kept coming and to our credit we did too, and we were able to get a couple more. |
We could be up by five goals and they are still going to keep coming until the last buzzer. |
We didn't expect to get off to this good of a start, |
We faced a lot of great goaltending in Nashville, so we're familiar with it, |
We got CBC, NBC, ESPN, everything. Trust me, I was out enjoying the weather, but I caught all the highlights later. I was pretty much up to date on everything, whether it was hockey or whatever. |
We have a bunch of older guys in here. Most of us were sound asleep. |
We just have to be patient and wait for our chances. |
We just played three (games) against Chicago and we had two with Columbus, so we still feel like we haven't played our best hockey. That's what we're working on right now. We've had lapses during games. |
We knew they would get better as the game went on because they're a young group with young legs. We just needed some bounces. |
When I first got here, I was in awe of him, and my buddies back in Toronto couldn't believe I was his teammate. But I quickly found out that he's just an easygoing, approachable guy whether you're young kid trying to make it or a veteran star. |
You know it's the kiss of death, you get a lot of shots, maybe a few more chances than the other team and then they get the goal. That happens a lot in the regular season and in the playoffs. Hats off to them. They played a strong game and we feel fortunate coming out with the win. |