This is the end of a real tough spot in our schedule. We managed to pluck a lot of points from this part of the schedule. |
This is the first time really that all of the entities have had a say in it. It's a partnership within the game, and ultimately we can say that at the end of the day, we're doing what's best for the game. |
This is the worst our defense has played all season, hands down. Giving up six goals a night just isn't going to cut it. We just kept on getting beaten and making mistakes, then the penalties we took ended up in our net. |
This organization came in and formed its own identity. Time goes on. People identify with this team more than hanging on to the North Stars' past. |
This team has worked hard to get to this point in the season, and you have to give them a lot of credit for that. But I think we realize that this work is just the preliminary work you have to put in if you want to be successful in the playoffs. |
Those are little mistakes, but it's not just the mistakes but how you cover up for them after. How do you give up a breakaway from your own blue line? That's just stupid play. There's no way to sugarcoat that. It's just not a smart play. |
Those are little mistakes, but it's not just the mistakes, but how you cover up for them after. How do you give up a breakaway from your own blue line? That's just stupid play. There's no way to sugarcoat that. It's just not a smart play. |
To say he's not playing well because he's not scoring. ... There are some players you can say that about. Jere isn't one of them. |
Very rarely do you see a circumstance in the game where a player has such an impact on both sides of the game. Brenden had a huge impact in that game for us in a positive way. But just like everything else in human nature and life, we're all talking about the negatives (Thursday) and that's what he would draw on I'm sure. |
We didn't play our game in the first period. We got a lot of penalties that put us on our heels early. We went into the dressing room and I thought we regrouped, but we came out and promptly gave up two more. |
We didn't want to take a chance with it. It's just being smart and not doing anything crazy. |
We do have concerns with the perception of our game and the credibility of our game. |
We don't feel we're deprived in that area. We feel we have people capable of playing very physical and very hard. |
We feel the momentum is on our side now. |
We got rewarded for the good things we've been doing. It was nice to see the team come together a little bit. The third period kind of wrapped it all up. |