It's always important to score the first goal. There's no question here tonight with the excitement (in Madison Square Garden) that the first goal was important. |
It's certainly disappointing. In the second period, we sort of had all the territorial advantages, but still couldn't score the goals. We made individual mistakes and they cost us. |
It's great for the organization, and certainly we all know what he's done. Both parties are extremely pleased. He accomplished what he would like to accomplish and I believe we accomplished what we'd like to accomplish. It's as simple as that. |
It's like everything else. If you can get better, you do. But certainly you look at it with a little more emphasis. |
It's nice to see some results from working hard. As we said [after Monday's 2-1 loss in Toronto], I thought we worked extremely hard, but didn't get any bounces and results. Tonight I thought we picked up where we left off, but we got some bounces and the puck went in. |
It's still a team game. |
It's very unfortunate. It's very disappointing, but I don't have enough knowledge to really comment on it. I know our commissioner will do everything he can to make sure everything goes in the proper direction. |
John gives the same game night in and night out. Tonight he got a couple of bounces and got a couple of goals. It's nice to see players like that get rewarded. |
Kris at 6-5, 240 pounds, is a physical forward who brings additional size and strength to our roster. |
Leaders are people other people don't mind following. |
Let's be careful how far we go with that. |
Marty will come right back. We just haven't been playing the way we had been playing as a team. |
No question. We all have tremendous respect for Forsberg's talent. |
Not bad. I wish I could give you something definitive one way or the other. |
Our bar has never been lowered. Our expectations have never been any different. |