I don't care what league you're in — when you play six (games) in eight (nights) you're going to be back on your heels. With the injuries we have, you're going to be in tough. |
I enjoyed each and every one of those guys, all year long. This is our first year of starting a program, (and) I think we made great strides in terms of the expectation level for our team. |
I said it before the game - I thought playing after the Christmas break, the team that plays (its) second game is going to have the advantage. We couldn't finish in the skill areas because a lot of skill is out of our lineup right now. |
I think (playing the previous night) was an advantage to them. |
I think he should celebrate how he got here, because it's a great story, ... At the very least, now he knows he's done what he set out to do and he's getting equal consideration. He's in the group. |
I thought when we played when we could, we played a real smart game. We've got some guys who were a little bit behind and drew hooking penalties and I don't think the way the game was called helped us. |
I was disappointed with our inability to be stronger in the defensive zone (in the third period). I understand why, but we were pretty darn good through two periods. |
I've always felt that we were at our best in the most dire situations this year. |
If Manitoba had done something great, you say, 'fine,' but it's tough to hang it on (your goaltender), who played so well for you. |
If there was an issue that needed to be dealt with, he didn't need to go embarrass the player, or worse -- and you see that a lot, talking to everybody around them except the player. He'd go to the guy, |
It's hard to do down here, where you often play three games in three nights. And they don't have the Centre Ice package in Binghamton. |
J-F (Racine) was the fellow I'm most happy with. It's very difficult to sit there with one shot through 12 minutes...And then four breakaways at the end, he stops them all. |
Jim Rutherford was the GM at the time. I was an asset. They could have added a player to make them better. Instead, they said we can trade you if you want but would you consider coaching? |
Later in his career, he was almost like another coach for us, ... He would lead and we would follow. |
Marc will always stand up for his teammates like that. That's why they respect him so much. |