Especially if they're young guys and do have the upside. |
Even though he was here just one year he really helped people come along. He has that empathy that great leaders do. He knows how to help his teammates through tough times. ... He was part of our leadership package along with Roberts and of course Mats. |
Every funeral should be conducted with reverence. |
Everybody believes it is going to settle down as far as minutes go (coming from special teams play). You do get concerned when you have five games in seven nights. |
Execution was the problem. If you don't execute, whether it's from a lack of trying, maybe a lack of talent, I don't know ... but if you can't do the job does it mean bringing other people in? I don't know. Those people weren't in the lineup because they didn't do the job. |
First it's big for our confidence, but it's also big because of the style New Jersey plays. It forces them to change their style. If they happen to get the first goal, you're looking at a wall all night long. |
For the time being, that would probably be what we're looking at for Saturday and we'll see where that takes us. |
From the start, coming into camp, that's one [line] that I thought might work, |
From what I see now, he's showing up on more nights than not. We're getting a good, solid effort out of him and it also is producing some points. I don't know if we're surprised, but now I'm getting the feeling that this kid has the possibility of becoming a better and better scorer in this league. He has a terrific shot and he's getting it off real well and he's starting to get himself into better offensive positions. |
Guys with good offensive talent couldn't seem to finish off because we were still relying on our individual skills and couldn't get over that hump that you need to get over. |
has a reputation of sending his guys out head hunting. |
He (Belfour) was ready, |
He [Gretzky] has said that he's had nothing to do with this thing. As far as we're concerned, Wayne and his family has our utmost support and respect. |
He did everything for us. |
He did fan on the one, there's no question about that. But he didn't have much of a team in front of him. |