We hadn't paid the price for it yet. Tonight we did. A couple of tough plays and we lose the game. |
We have to be better. We as players get the time out there, and we have to make it work. I think at times we just have to trust ourselves more and just make good hockey plays. |
We haven't won squat, but we act like we've won something. |
We realized it had to be a big number to reset the dial, |
We were laughing about it, sure, and we can laugh today because it turned out for us. But seriously, that was a great lesson for our team, including Marty. In a strange way, it was better to have that kind of win than just a regular win. |
We're definitely going to have to get better. |
We're definitely going to have to pick up our play. Slovakia is going to be a much different team than Kazakhstan. Mentally we have to know that and get out there and give a better effort. |
We're going to run into that during the playoffs. We're going to be tired. We're going to be more beaten up than we are now, so we can't use that as an excuse. We have to get ourselves ready to go. |
We've given (the owners) well-thought-out proposals and ( Gary Bettman is) not willing to negotiate. What we've gotten back is just ridiculous. We presented a proposal with hundreds of pages of fine details. What we got back is six concepts and the longest one may have been 230 words and some were 30 words. You know what that is? That's no effort. (Bettman) is not being serious. |
We've got to keep playing for our lives. |
What's been tremendous about the new system is the team really does consider us partners in this and they ask for our feedback on things, so that makes us feel more a part of selling the game. |
With Bob behind the bench, their guys are going to play extremely hard for him. |
You keep your heads up and you never know what will happen. |
You think the only reason we get out of there early is because of the shooters? It's because Marty doesn't give them anything. |
You're not going to miss that many games and then just get your spot back. I have to work and prove myself. |