(Minnesota and Nashville) are definitely measuring sticks and they have been since we?re here. Realistically, Nashville has been in the league two years before us, and I think our organization would be thrilled to be where they are in two years. |
All of a sudden we're scoring goals. There's a feeling in this dressing room that no matter what the final score is going to be we can be on top. |
I was glad I could face one of the best players in the NHL 1-on-1 to decide the game, that's a thrill right there. That's why the shootout is such a big deal with the fans and that's why I think the players are fans of it too. |
I was glad I could face one of the best players in the NHL one-on-one to decide the game, that's a thrill right there. That's why the shootout is such a big deal with the fans and that's why I think the players are fans of it too. |
I'm a big fan of the shootout right now because I'm 2-0 and I've stopped all five shots I've seen. |
It's a lot more fun coming to practice. But at the same time, this is what we're going to have to do on a more consistent basis next year to get to where we want to be. |
There's immense trust and confidence in our ability to come back in any game. |
There's nothing wrong with falling down. You'd just better get back up again. |
There's one good thing about the new NHL: You have a chance to come back in every game if you don't dig yourself too big of a hole. |
They threw a lot of pucks and threw a lot of bodies, and hacked and whacked. It was a battle in front of our cage the whole night. |
This says a lot to come into this building and play the game the way we did, and I think we frustrated them at times. |
Usually it has to do with work ethic and decision-making. You don?t get skated for mistakes. But if you?re making bad decisions and the effort is there for 60 minutes, that?s what the message is. |
We found our legs, we found our game, in the third period. That's what really matters. We got the game-tying goal. The rest of the way, we battled. You could probably put a question mark on the way we came out in this game, but in the third and in overtime our effort was second to none. |
We got off to a textbook first period, played the way we wanted. Unfortunately, for some reason we sat back and it definitely was not the way we wanted to end that game. |
We're playing desperate teams every night this time of year. It is a measuring stick. We're working on putting down the blueprint for next season. To get to where we want to be, this is how we have to play. I think we're starting to understand that now. |