Frankly, people are weak. If you can get something now, why wait? |
From my experience, when a team is faced with adversity, the best course of action is to simplify things. Our play away from the puck has to be a priority. We have a talented group of players here, but we have to make more of a commitment to team defense. |
From their perspective, Tri-County remains one of the top industrial submarkets in Cincinnati. It's the case where the out-of-town buyers could buy a critical mass of properties in a vibrant market. |
Hannu gave us a chance to win tonight. He made some key saves. He kept us in the game. |
Hannu made the timely saves when we needed them, |
Hannu was terrific. He made timely saves for us when we needed him to. He was composed. He was everything we expected him to be. |
He certainly held his own, and that's not an easy thing to do, to be asked as a young player to play with two guys like that and not be intimidated. He figures things out pretty fast. |
He got hit with a shot in the second period. He played through it, but when you take your skate off, that's when the swelling occurs. His X-ray was negative, so nothing is broken. It's really a matter of getting the swelling down, and then it's a question of pain tolerance. It's hard to say where he stands. There's a possibility he'll be fine. |
He has made huge strides in a tremendous rookie season. He has taken advantage of our personnel changes and is a big piece of our nucleus going forward. |
He has worked extremely hard to get himself back into condition to play after being in a position where he almost died in that accident, |
He initially stopped it. It just found its way in. |
He is one of those guys that has really been able to take advantage of the rule changes. With his speed and a knack for scoring goals, he is very difficult to defend. |
He is very much in the mix. He's really improved every year he has been here. His mobility is better. He's stronger and he has always had great offensive instincts. You combine that with the confidence level he has now, he has played extremely well. He will be a guy who is given serious consideration. |
He played extremely well. Sweden was a good team and they were very deserving. If it wasn't going to be the United States that won gold, I was happy for him. |
He understands the game better now. His mobility, strength, awareness on the ice, all of that's improved. Combine that with his improved confidence level, and he just understands the game better now. |