We had an obligation to show up and play a hockey game tonight. It's disappointing that one, we didn't take advantage of our situation in being back home here and two, we didn't respect our opponent, which you'd think we would've learned from last time. Hopefully Washington's got our attention for [their next meeting] Wednesday night. I'd hate to see the same effort and same preparation again. It's unacceptable. It's inexcusable. |
We had an obligation to show up and play a hockey game. What has been the cornerstone of our team, our work ethic and tenacity, was not there. |
We had been doing some good things on the power play and when you don't see the results it can be frustrating. We tried not to make it frustrating for them and just kept working on things. |
We had been doing some good things on the power play, and when you don't see the results it can be frustrating. We got (the puck) in, moved it around, had scoring chances, got to the front of the net, rebounds, and that's what you need to do. |
We had opportunities, we took shots on the 5-on-3 and couldn't get it by (Huet). They slip out of the box and grabbed one, so obviously it's a big turnaround. |
We had our foot on the gas the whole night. I thought we came out with the right determination and then got frustrated by a bad bounce. |
We had probably 25 quality chances to score and only put it in two times. That really hasn't been an issue this season, but today it was probably the difference. |
We had the odd stinker in there, and everybody knew it was a stinker and nobody thought of it. |
We have a lot of confidence in all our goaltenders. There is no question about it. |
We have a lot of different kind of guys in the locker room, but not a lot of guys who are 6-4 and as tough to move as Joe. He's a big guy who really protects that puck, and he's tough to get off of it. He's a skill player, so he should be a good addition. |
We have no choice in it. It is what it is. It's frustrating because we've had a lot of good players that aren't available to us. I guess it says a lot about our team that we're still in the position we're in. Still, you'd rather have everybody healthy. |
We have three goaltenders that were all the No. 1 goalies for their (NHL) teams and their numbers were relatively comparable. Johnny's numbers were a little bit better - he was hot in January with four shutouts. Ricky played well in the world championships (last spring) and he looked really good tonight. |
We have three starting goaltenders. It's an opportunity to see what he can do. |
We have three starting goaltenders. They all start for their teams and they are relatively comparable. He's played well for the Philadelphia Flyers. It's an opportunity to get him in and see what he can do. It's a chance to rest other people. |
We haven't looked in the rearview mirror too much and we don't look too far ahead and I think that's one of the keys to our success. There just won't be any easy games from here on out. |