It was not a clean hit. People who constantly hit people from behind should be made an example of by the league. |
It was one of our better third periods, in my opinion. We came out (in the first) real flat and that was a bit of a concern for me. There was a big difference (in intensity) between the third period and the first period. |
It was pretty upbeat. The tempo this morning, the first half was good. The other seemed to fall off a little bit. |
It's a big win for us because we were down right away. I suppose we could have quit at that point and just packed it in, but the guys kept fighting and fighting and fighting. |
It's a chance for the guys to just spend some time together and a chance for coaches to implement some sort of system. Even if it's lost along the way, at least, they'll have had some experience with it, and the guys who do get selected will get to look at some video on the way over on the plane. |
It's a skating game right now and our forwards did a good job. We got it in deep and we played the way we wanted to play. |
It's absolutely disappointing coming in here and only getting one point out of four. It was a couple of breakdowns that cost us. |
It's an accomplishment and our guys should be proud of that. They've worked hard to get to this point, but trust me. It's not the ultimate goal. |
It's an opportunity to get him in and see what he can do. We have three NHL starting goaltenders. They all start for their teams, and they are pretty capable. |
It's disappointing. We came here to win hockey games and it didn't happen. It's frustrating. But we know we're capable of winning a lot of hockey games, regardless of the opponent. |
It's good to get out on the road a little bit. When it's over, trust me, it'll be time to come home, but we've got a great group in there in the locker room. I think the road trips once in a while are good for you. |
It's hard not to like him. |
It's important to keep in mind that it's an exhibition game and the teams don't have their full lineups. But in saying that, exhibitions can set a winning culture or a losing culture. I think it is how you approach the game and the players have approached it in order to be successful. I'm happy with the fact we're being successful. |
It's maddening; I think that's the best word for it. ... I thought we could have scored 10 goals tonight, but (that's) no different than the Slovakia game (a 2-1 loss). We had back-door empty net goals, or we had chances in the slot that (the goalie) got a save on, or we hit him, or we missed the net. |
It's not the goalies, ... It was the team. We lost tonight. Let's leave it at that. |