211 ordspråk av Dave Tippett
Dave Tippett
Polak is a guy who is good with the puck and a skill player. Junior is one of those guys who is hungry around the net.
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Put yourself in my shoes. Your team played well and you're trying to make sure you play well again in Game 3. Do you pound it down when it did a lot of positive things? The intent was there, and we don't want to discourage that at all.
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Sometimes a game like this isn't bad. It allows some teaching points, and it allows us to recognize what happened here.
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Sometimes players find a niche with a certain team, and he's found that niche. It just goes to show that those veteran guys who people think are washed up, in the right circumstances, it can work out perfectly.
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That game is a real concern because that's a big division game that you expect to play well in. That was a combination of poor mistakes, not winning one-on-one battles and erratic play. At times, you had guys scared to make a play.
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That was a new move we saw today. He brought that one out of the closet.
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That was a pretty solid game on our part. The last three games, we've put a lot of building blocks in place. We've just got to keep building on it.
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That was one of those the players really grasped. We need some more like that from him, and our team will rally around that.
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That was strictly for a change in momentum.
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That's desperation mode kicking in right there.
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That's just a trait of the new NHL. It's probably just more of a focus on this team because it hasn't been that way in the past. You could afford to have a $2 million defenseman sitting there, and you just can't do that now.
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The dressing room felt pretty good, but you never know. It wasn't exuberance, just a determination -- a very determined mind-set ... that we were going to get something done tonight.
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The focus for our team is doing things right. We talked about habits ... That's not turning the puck over, that's not taking bad penalties, that's not giving outnumbered rushes. Those are habits you have to have in place going into the playoffs.
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The goal is to extend our lead. We've played well enough to do that. It's an indication that the team is coming around and playing the kind of hockey we need to play going down the stretch and into the playoffs.
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The goal is to win the game and you have 60 minutes. It just so happened that we used the last 20 to do that. It would be easier on the coaches' hair color if we led a little more.
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