All the changes that were made I thought were good things. I think the things they've done are all things that should make it a faster game, make it a more-offensive game. Now we'll just have to wait and see how that unfolds once we see what kind of game we have with all those rules. |
All we can do is eat, sleep and rest as much as we can. There's really nothing else we can do. It was a great game in a very competitive series. |
He played really good in a start in Calgary and won the last game of the first half in Seattle, so we felt, based on that, he'd get more ice time. We just try to take the goaltender situation game by game. |
He was kind of like our team against Vancouver. He got points, but I don't think he had some of his better games of the year. It's typical of what we did. |
He's better nervous than comfortable. He seems to thrive on the crowd and the noise. He probably hasn't played enough yet to get comfortable, so maybe that's why he's been so good. |
He's just so important. You're always going to look at (Zach) Hamill and (Peter) Mueller and guys like that and go, 'Look at that talent, look at that skill.' You're not going to realize Mark's role is just as important. But we've been around the game long enough to know it is, so we're thrilled he made a decision to stick with it this year. |
I think it was a message to both teams that he was going to call everything he saw. It was the right thing to do. It was kind of crazy that everything was a penalty one period and nothing was after that. |
I think it's human nature that when you score three goals as fast as we did, you have a tendency to think how good you are and how easy it is. In hockey, goals can come in bunches, and that's what happened. |
I was hoping to get wins early because I knew it would get harder later. Then we lost the first two. I think the team did a pretty good job. Our biggest fear was the health of our team, and we got banged up. That's fairly typical when you play that many games in that many days. |
I'd give Leland about a C grade for the game. I don't think he gave up a lot of bad goals where you would give him a D or an F, but he didn't make the big saves when he had to, either. |
If you look at the way we do our scrimmages here it's all about keeping the game moving and having less whistles, ... It's a more-fun way to watch the game. So I think from a fan perspective, anything in the game that can keep the puck in play and cut down the waiting around for referees to drop pucks in face-off situations are good. So I have no problem. |
If you look at the way we do our scrimmages here it's all about keeping the game moving and having less whistles. It's a more-fun way to watch the game. So I think from a fan perspective, anything in the game that can keep the puck in play and cut down the waiting around for referees to drop pucks in face-off situations are good. So I have no problem. |
It doesn't matter if it's here, Pluto or Jupiter. It's just nice to get a win, especially after such an evenly-played game. |
It seems that if our power play is clicking and our goaltending is in order, we've been winning. Of course, there's more to the game than those two things, but they are two big factors. |
It wasn't even close. It was obviously a high stick and somebody out there has to see it. It wasn't just high, it was two feet high. |