At the beginning of the Finnish game, our emotional level was not at the level of the Finns and that is when it becomes alarming. This should be the greatest week of their lives. |
At the end of the day, everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened. |
Ballard's hit tonight was a tremendous hit. I haven't seen that in hockey in 30 years, a hip check like that, ... We've got to keep believing what we're trying to accomplish here and stay within ourselves, not get too emotionally excited and not get too down, simple as that. |
Ballard's hit tonight was a tremendous hit. I haven't seen that in hockey in 30 years, a hip check like that. We've got to keep believing what we're trying to accomplish here and stay within ourselves, not get too emotionally excited and not get too down, simple as that. |
Blake takes a nice shot, and I think that changed the momentum of the hockey game. We just couldn't find our way back into it. |
But that team won a championship. |
But you know it's time to move forward. We will invite him to our training camp. He's an elite player and I expect him to have a great year and be part of Team Canada come February in Italy. |
By no means am I Scotty Bowman, but I know the game, I love the game, I have a really good staff and we have a really good team. It's exciting. I haven't felt this way since I was 17. |
Curtis has been a workhorse for us all year long, and it wouldn't do him any harm to have a little bit of a break. |
Curtis was outstanding tonight, he's winning and that is really positive. I felt tonight he battled hard throughout the whole night and he'll play tomorrow. |
Curtis was what Curtis has been all year for us. |
Early in the hockey game we had a couple of opportunities to go up 1-0 but Cloutier was really good in the first period. |
Every game is a stepping stone to getting to the final game. We had a really good first period and all of a sudden the tide turned. |
Everyone in the world is innocent until proven guilty. I was aware of it last night and you just go from there. He's a great guy and a good friend, he's just going through a tough time right now. Obviously we've got to let it run its course. |
Firing the puck into the slot is not good. We didn't play smart and that was the difference. |