We wanted to play with passion and excitement, and we did that. We could have very well have won the game. We played well enough to win. |
We went through Alan Eagleson days, and we were told to trust him, and the guy ended up in jail, ... We'll just leave it at that. |
We were a little flat on both. But give Edmonton credit. It played a solid game defensively and they can take you off your game. |
We were more patient on defense tonight. We have a new system, and (Wednesday) night, we were still standing around, thinking about what to do. Tonight we had it down. |
We're getting better every game. I don't think any of us can be getting frustrated. But we've got to do something constructive coming out of the round-robin. |
We're not commenting on that. As far as we're concerned, it isn't an issue for us. |
We're not going to comment on that. |
We're on a pretty good roll. We stress being aggressive, but you get bounces, too. They (the Avalanche) had a couple of (scoring) chances. We try to make them make a really good play if we're going to get beat. Right now, it's working pretty well. |
We've been working pretty hard at it. I think we've been a little more aggressive than we have in the past, and the coaches have been stressing that. It's going to take a pretty good play, we'd like to think, to beat us. |
We've got a lot of guys at camp, so it's an opportunity for maybe one of them, |
We've got a lot of guys at camp, so it's an opportunity for maybe one of them. But, they had high expectations of (Nik). You could see the way he was playing so far, what he did last year. They were depending on him a lot this year. Hopefully he'll heal quick and be here for the middle of the season and the remainder of the season and the playoffs. |
We've gotten better each game. |
Well, you can never say that. I mean, it's hindsight. But skill-wise, talent-wise, I'd say he's up there with anybody. There's no one that was better than him that I played against. |
You can't count on coming back against a team like that when you're down three goals. |
You get your third- and fourth-line guys contributing offensively and it's a big bonus for you. |