Two different teams. I'm sure if everyone would be honest with you, they'd say they did their best to get ourselves excited and ready to play. But in the backs of their mind, they probably were thinking we should get this one tonight, all things being equal. |
We almost showed them too much respect. We were awful in the first, better in the second and did everything we could in the third to try and get ourselves a win. |
We believe he can help our power play. We believe we've helped our offensive attack and our transition game. |
We did not attack the way we needed to. It started to get away from us when we fell behind. We didn't put enough rubber at the net. |
We don't want to be too proactive getting him back into the lineup. We have to listen to his body. |
We felt it would be a wise move on our part to look at the Czech free agents for a combination of reasons. No.1, they understand the red-line game. No. 2, they really do play well instinctively off one another. And No. 3, they do care and have a passion for the game and want to win. |
We felt the last 20 minutes could set the stage for the balance of the series. |
We had a good transition game and passed the puck up quickly. We got the puck behind people and deep. The best way to beat the trap is not let it set up. |
We had a very professional conversation. It was not any kind of confrontation, it was just sharing thoughts. |
We had to battle through some unimpressive hockey by us. [Our game] seemed to deteriorate because of our specialty teams. |
We had to do something different. It's not a case of buying a winner, it's building a winner. We're at the very front end of the process. |
We have to draw some conclusions form this game and how to manage the puck. You can learn an awful lot by looking at a loss. This happens. |
We have to get Kevin going, get him rolling. I wouldn't mind giving him a chance to go back and play the Islanders. He had a tough game the last time he was there. |
We have to get to the point where he thinks he could play, and I don't think we're at that point. |
We have to keep looking at players over and over again because you can't hang someone out to dry if they're called for a penalty, with so many new rules to learn. One thing we are really looking for is players who can move the puck out of the zone quickly. Someone who keeps his feet moving and won't get called for any lazy penalties. |