We had a lot of jam, some physical play we wish we'd brought forth on other nights. It certainly made it difficult for them. |
We have nowhere to go but up at this point. |
We have the utmost confidence in the group we have here. You have to seize the day and take care of your own opportunities when they're presented. We don't have enough guys doing that. |
We need a game where we compete in all situations. Even if we lost 6-0 but competed in all areas, gave everything we could give, you can deal with it. |
We played hard for 55 minutes and then I thought we kind of let them off the hook. |
We took a couple lazy penalties. Maybe they embellished a couple better than we did, but we were lazy a couple times and it cost us. |
We've been trying to find the answer and sticking with the same guys. But we owe it to ourselves to try something different. We've got a lot of hockey left. |
When a big effort has been needed, he has risen to the occasion recently. |
When our work ethic is up a notch we ought to be rewarded but I don't think it was up to their caliber. They worked very hard, they were very efficient and they hit everything that moved. We made every effort to match that intensity but we fell a little bit short. |
You allow a guy at this level more time, more space, and he'll be able to make a play. That's the whole thing: don't give that guy the time. |