Going into the third period in years past, there was no chance (for opponents). It just feels a little different. We've addressed some things here. We're working at it. |
He was about 90 percent sure, and I said those are numbers I want to hear. |
He's been the best defensemen in the league for 10 years. He just always makes the right play. When he's out there, guys like me have to be more aware of him when he has the puck, so that creates more room for the other guys. |
I actually thought to myself, 10 years ago, when I was in this league, there was probably no chance of me playing the rest of that period, at least. I was thankful I got the opportunity to get back out there. |
I didn't think I had to go out and get that one back. It just turned out that way. |
I don't see this team moving forward without Jacques. He's brought so much credibility and knowledge into our dressing room by making the players responsible and doing the same thing for five years. |
I fanned on the shot off the rebound, but I just happened to get enough on it to get it over the goal line. |
I know one thing. The coaching staff and management on our team will remember our last 10 games of the season more than they'll remember the first 10 games. There's some guys in here that are playing for their careers. |
I think it's going to be exciting for the fans, and it's definitely going to be exciting for the players. |
I took so many things for granted as a young hockey player. From the time I was 20 to 24, I was the first guy to criticize somebody else if I wasn't playing well. I was lazy. That frustrated my dad a lot. I remember him telling me, if you put something into it, and work hard, you'll always get something out of it. You won't know when it's going to happen. It could be years down the road. |
If I'm paying those guys' salaries, I don't want them in there. It's a joke. Why do we even have replay officials if they're not going to call that? |
If you take more than six or seven penalties in a game, you put yourself in such a disadvantage. There's going to be games when sometimes it just happens. We've been fortunate to been able to kill off those penalties in the past. But unfortunately, they got the power-play goal, and it gave them momentum. |
It feels like it's sliding away as far as making the playoffs a reality. |
It seems like we wait and see what's going to happen before we go. In the second and third we played well, but we waited too long to get going. |
It seems whenever we have a little adversity, the emotions drop. We've fallen out of the race, and it kind of takes the wind out of your sails. |