We have improved our game and the results are showing. We have been playing much smarter. |
We have to be hungrier around their net, and the last few games, we just haven't done that. Sometimes shots are only statistics. You can take 100 shots, but if they're all from the outside, it really doesn't matter. |
We played a good all-around game and it showed on the scoreboard. We skated well. We had a strong power play. We hit. We did all the right things to win. |
We played a little better, but we still have critical defensive breakdowns. You can't give a good team as many chances as we did. |
We scored that goal. It's not like they gave it to us. |
We were able to get four points in two games against the Red Wings on the road, and historically that's never been the case. We definitely want some respect and I think we've achieved that. If you want to be respected as a good team, then you have to beat the good teams. |
We were getting beat one-on-one. You've got to do your job. We didn't do our jobs. The effort just wasn't there. |
We're not in the business of figure-skating. It doesn't matter if you do a little better tonight. You play for points, and we just didn't get it done. |
We're not playing well defensively. Facing 30 or more scoring chances a game, something's going to go in sooner or later. |
We've been getting some two-on-one chances or breakaways, but we're not taking the shots. We're shooting too much from the sides. Any goalie in the NHL is good enough to stop those. |
When one guy makes a mistake, it's like dominoes from there. We have to be better as a team and as individuals. |
You can't stop 40 or 45 shots a night and expect to win. Detroit has five Hall of Fame players on the team. You can't give them 45 shots. |
You do it all the time. People get traded and you play against your ex-teammates all the time, so you're used to it. |
You get a lot of power plays and you get a lot of shots you can't see, |
You got to have dreams and obviously that [the Vezina Trophy] is one of them, ... I want to be the best goalie in the league, not because I think I will be one day just because you have to set your goals as high as you can. I want to win it one day. I'll do everything I can, and I'll know that if I don't win it, that at least I did everything I could. And that's more important to me than actually winning it. |