To me, it's just another win. I mean, it's big because this is a team we're chasing. But, no, that's no big deal [beating Detroit]. To me, it was just a matter of time. |
We can feel sorry for ourselves or we can put the work boots on and understand the situation and the reality of it all. |
We certainly deserved a better fate. You want to close those kind of games out, but a bad bounce is all it takes. We've put ourselves in a position to be close to the top of our division by not letting things that we can't control bother us. |
We could hang our heads and feel sorry for ourselves or win four straight. |
We could have won all three games, no doubt. We led in the first period of Game 1 and the third period the last two games. We could have had them, but we didn't. Down 3-0, I don't care what the odds are against us. It's been about this group in here and what we can do. |
We did a better job of keeping the puck tonight. We did a real good job of keeping the puck away from them. |
We keep getting closer to those guys. |
We let them come out more aggressive in the second period. We weren't playing together. We started taking some penalties and it's tough to defend that. |
We talk about being partners in the game, and I think that's part of the partnership. It would be nice if we at least were able to see them before a decision was made. |
We're concerned with the way we played. You want to close those out. |
We're going to put everything on the line on Friday. It's going to be an effort that's unparalleled to anything this year. |
We're just going to enjoy (Tuesday and Wednesday) off to get ready to come back and get on the road and compete the way we can for 60 minutes. That's what it's all about now. |
We've been on coast mode for a couple weeks, and it caught up with us. I think we remember how hard it is to win, to put ourselves at these high expectations. It's a big difference to go out and do it. We haven't been doing it. |
We've had some bad starts, but that was our worst all season. To be unprepared like that, knowing what was coming, there's absolutely no excuse. Soft, sloppy play has been the characteristic of ourselves. We've just been getting by and pretending, and it's finally catching up with us. |
When it comes down to it, the opportunity to win here is at its highest level. That's what I was looking for. |