It's preferable if one guys really elevates himself and plays spectacularly, then it makes it easy night in and night out. But that doesn't have to be the case. |
It's pretty obvious what we have to do. Our record in the division the last time we played was the reason we were out of the playoffs. We know that. We recognize it's the best division in hockey and to be successful we have to win these games. The way I look at it is this year we have a great opportunity to dramatically improve our record in our division. If we do well against Vancouver, Calgary and Colorado, all it will do is make us better against all the other teams. |
It's unbelievably disappointing for everyone. It's as tough of a loss as we've had. ... We'll have to pick ourselves up for tomorrow. |
It's unfortunate but he'd have to deal with it. If it does come to that, it can only help his mental toughness. |
Jussi gave us a game in net as good as we've got in a long time. |
Just a wild, wild game. It was a terrific finish obviously for us and now we move on. |
Maybe (only) one stretch we were able to roll four lines in succession. That's not the way we wanted to play. |
On a day-to-day basis, we're constantly communicating on what our shortcomings are. We're trying to improve ourselves. This gives us a couple of other irons in the fire. |
Our guys played well. It was a great experience. They have to get wound up to play in the bronze medal game now. That always doesn't seem that enviable when you're preparing for that game, but long-term, not everybody has an Olympic bronze medal either. |
Players like him are seldom available. He's just good all-around. Reading the rush, good stick, use of his body, making the outlet pass, reading plays. |
Pronger has been unreal. He gets better and better, and you appreciate him more the more you see him. |
Ryan has been an integral member of our team for a long time around here. We don't have a lot of guys with the type of tenure that Ryan has on our hockey club. That's not withstanding the value that he has purely from a playing standpoint. He's a versatile guy and he really does a lot of things well for us. We are certainly happy to have him back, and happy they settled and made an equitable deal and arrangement before reaching arbitration. |
Something clicked in practice [Saturday] when I saw him. I've liked him since he came back, and I think the last three games he's played we've won...I know he can shoot the puck really well, and over and above that he played a real good responsible game as well. |
Something clicked when I saw him in practice. I remembered that the last three times he'd dressed for us, we'd won. Now it's four for four. |
That experience was very evident today. He showed us a pretty good skill level, as well. |