That'll be more a business decision than a hockey decision. Our hands are somewhat tied, but that's the way the rules are. |
That's his job. He played solid, and historically that's what he's known for. |
The beauty of Christmas was that they got away from the rink. They got their minds away [from hockey], then they jumped back in -- and boom! |
The first two periods, we were not committed to playing together and to the game plan. You have to be committed to play in this league. That doesn't necessarily guarantee success, but it does put you in a pretty good position for success. The probability of having success increases. But when you're not committed to each other and to a game plan, it's pretty difficult to be successful at this level. |
The Olympics now are no longer the Olympics. It's a continuation of the NHL. They call it the Olympic Games, but is it really the Olympic Games when professional players are playing? |
The only way to get out of this is to keep working. It's all we can do. We have to keep persevering. |
The power-play goals were all missed assignments. We abandoned what worked in the first period: That was shooting the puck. We wanted to pass the puck into the net. |
The teams that skate the best are not going to necessarily win all the time, but it makes it a lot easier. |
The temptation was there after their fifth goal. But I decided against my intuition. He's got to learn to battle through it. |
The winning goal came off a broken play, a blocked shot that came right back to [McDonald'. It was a funny game, kind of weird. |
There was sporadic progress, but there's still work to do. There were a lot of penalties, so he wasn't out on the ice as much. It's still a work in progress. |
There's such a fine line. It's a little risky, but we'll make the call through how he practices. There's no right situation for him. |
They (Hilbert and Munro) played well. Especially early, Adam made some big saves and it was nice to see Andy get a couple of goals. He's worked hard. Anytime you can get guys like that chipping in goals it helps, when you can score by committee. |
They should have been ready. I could say that how many times this year? The timeout was just to regroup. |
They were better than we were. They out battled us, they scored some nice goals and they played hard. Hats off to them, they played hard and deserved the win. We obviously have a lot of work to do. |