There are going to be some guys who are disappointed and they have every right to be because they've had good camps. |
There are lots of games left, that's the thing. All you need to do is lose two or three and the race is even again. |
There's no question - our best players have to match their best players. That's what happens on hockey teams. Certain guys get priority roles, get opportunity and ice time and all the rest of it and they have to play accordingly. |
There's no question we were nervous at the beginning of the game, there's obviously pressure. Lots has been said about this hockey team. But the third period, the way we played, going into the room (after the game) they felt pretty good about themselves. And I think we'll just be better from here on in. |
These suggestions might not be anything new, but I want guys to be able to feel like they can come in and talk to me. I want them to come every day prepared to work hard and I believe we've got a good group here and we're going to have some success. |
They looked like a team that stayed on the ranch. I don't know if it was the day off, too much sun or they just took it for granted. |
They played a fantastic road game, ... We kind of ad-libbed and got away from our game and we saw the result. |
They played a fantastic road game, ... We kind of ad-libbed and got away from our game and you saw the result. |
They played a terrific first period. I thought they stretched us really well and moved the puck and looked very creative, but you don't lose by one goal against in this building. We've got the ability to score some goals. |
They played a terrific first period. They stretched us well and moved the puck. We weren't moving our feet. |
They played very good defense, but we gave them two goals and that was the game. When you turn the puck over against a team with speed, that's what happens. |
They spend hours on coverage of storms down here. You know how they talk about sports in Canada for hours? Well, they talk the same way about storms here. They know what can happen with these storms. |
They worked hard, they pressured us every time we got the puck. We were real slow moving the puck out of our end. |
They're doing an X-ray, but they won't know more until they do an MRI (on Wednesday). I think he was in a great deal of pain originally. It's a time thing now. I'm not a doctor, but I think it's over a month at least, and it might be two. |
They're quick and fast. They attack very aggressively, stretching the defense with the long pass, and their defensemen are very willing to join the rush, and if they don't pass they're willing to skate and attack and that leads to good defense. |