It's a heck of an experience for them. We paid the ultimate price. But we're not in school anymore. |
It's a judgment day for our team. This season could be recognized one way or the other by how we choose to perform on Saturday. We want the outcome to obviously be in our favor. We have to play a good, strong, playoff hockey game and if we do that, we'll put ourselves in a position to win it anyway. |
It's a little unexpected, obviously. Certainly this has gone to this point better than I expected. |
It's a matter of can we play on the road with what could arguably be the best team in the league. Can we go into their rink and continue to play the way we have to play regardless of the venue and get the job done? We'll see. |
It's a reference point, that's probably the biggest advantage we created for ourselves out of tonight. We did come from behind to beat a real good hockey team and we have to use that for what it's worth. |
It's a special year for those reasons. Jaromir has just had a tremendous year and has helped us all grow and mature as a team, naturally. And then to get to a 100 points, I'm not sure we predicted that in September. |
It's a team that lost its poise and it's composure, simple as that. We clearly talked about what needed to be done in the second period and if we would have given ourselves a fighting chance by playing even-up hockey, there's a good chance we win the hockey game. We lost our composure, saw some selfish hockey, some undisciplined players and some guys who chose to think of themselves before their teammates. |
It's a team that lost their poise and their composure, simple as that. ... We humiliated ourselves here today and we embarrassed ourselves. |
It's a tough play for Ryan. It's a little bit of a turn-back there. He followed through, but he probably didn't need to hit him like that, just seal the guy off. |
It's an exciting time, obviously, I think for everyone. We hope to live up to our end of the bargain and make it exciting for our fans. But certainly we're happy to be back. |
It's bad enough to rest him but he could play. It's a small fracture in there but it's something we have to pay attention to and take an opportunity to give him some healing rest. |
It's beyond belief. You sort of equate that with the drought with the Stanley Cup and I guess it adds up but it's almost unbelievable. |
It's cheating. It's trying to make the 60-foot pass and not collaborating on anything that has to be done. |
It's funny nobody's talking about him (for rookie of the year). Maybe stats mean so much and maybe rightfully so. But this kid is going to play in this league for a long time. It's not sizzle for Toots. It's all substance and we have a tendency to sell the sex appeal of players. |
It's got to stay separate, I don't think we should jump the gun on this one either. We want people to play when they're ready and able to play. And able doesn't necessarily mean 100%. |