I liked the desperation in the third. |
I liked the way he played; that's why we called him up. He played with confidence. We wish him the best in Atlanta. |
I mentioned to the players after the first period that's enough. (Guillaume) Lefebvre and (Shane) Endicott are having a hard time reading the play. But your best penalty killer should be your goalie. You need some big saves every once in a while. |
I really believe we need some structure. We're not going to be able to win many hockey games if we give up over 40 shots and over 20 scoring chances. We need to address that. |
I saw the game on TV when they played here, and Caron played really well that game. He almost stole the game. I wanted to give him a game before we go to the break and thought that was the right game to put him out there. |
I talked to Bogey and I let him know it's not a matter of punishing him or something like that. It's circumstances. But he's going to be back in the lineup pretty soon, maybe (today). |
I think we are in the right direction and it's going to be positive, but I know they can play better. Eventually. |
I thought we didn't play well. I thought Caron played well. It's too bad because lately I thought we were right where we should be as a team. But (Saturday) a lot of players disappointed me. Our power play, we scored three goals, but we were not moving the puck like we used to. Penalty killing was not sharp; defensively we were not sharp. All-around, our game, it was one of those nights. The team was not sharp. |
I thought we were the best team on the ice, but you need breaks to win games. All the breaks were against us. It was one of those nights. |
I want to give him a chance to expose his talents. He's going to be able to do a lot of good things out there. I'm going to give him a lot of opportunity. But he's such a good hockey player. He does such things on the ice. I was impressed when I saw him in training camp, but I never thought he'd be this good. |
I'm anxious to see how we're going to react. There's no doubt in my mind we're going to play a better game. I think the players have some pride and they want to bounce back and give them a good game. |
I'm excited to coach Sidney Crosby. He's got a lot of things to learn, but he's got so much skill and so much speed. For a coach, it's fun to have an opportunity to work with a player like him. |
I'm not afraid to play him back to back. We'll see how it goes (tonight) and then make a decision for the next day. |
I'm not satisfied with his work ethic. I don't feel his work ethic is there. I want to make sure the standard is going to be there every day. |
I'm not worried. I'm not worried because I'm proud of what I did with this team, I'm proud of what I did with those players and I know we're going in the right direction. We just have to keep focusing. |