(Mucha) was exceptional tonight. He gave us a chance to be in it to the end. |
(Specialty teams) are going to continue to be very important. Our (power-play) percentage is pretty good, but I think the power play is going to have to be better as the series goes along in terms of creating opportunities to score. |
Every game on the trip so far we've played some good hockey. |
He's keeping us alive for stretches of games when we're not playing our best. |
He's the best player on the ice. We need to know where he is all the time. |
I certainly don't want to take anything away from Vancouver. They are a very good team. But, we didn't have enough guys compete to the level of their ability. |
I think consistency has been the big thing. Mike always had high-end game at times, but he would play to fancy. But the last two years he has really worked on that. |
I think he will be strong defensively with an offensive upside, but he needs to work on his shot and get a stronger to handle the guys up there, but he skates and passes well. The NHL game is a more controlled game than here and I think he will suit that kind of game very well. |
I think, and I hope, that there is enough pride in our guys that they'll make it tough. We want to make it very tough for Vancouver to get that next win. We'd like to bring the series back to Portland. |
If we play well together, we have the ability to be successful. |
It has to be attached to the wall [at the vista point] with plaster and cement. With the rainy weather they have not had enough days in a row to install the plaque. |
It's helped our whole team. We still need to elevate our play quite a bit, but we seem to be playing better for longer stretches (of games). |
It's helped us in a lot of areas. |
It's not like we're playing flat-out awful. |
Martin's agent called us this week and said that Martin realizes he made a terrible mistake and he wants to come back and apologize to the team. |