This is the worst game we've played in a long time. But was it the worst game we played or the best game they played? They did some things that forced us out of our comfort zone, for sure. |
Those are the type of wins that really make you feel good about yourself. We went out there and we earned it. |
Training camp's not fun, especially the first day. It's not supposed to be fun. It's about work. We understand that the players are getting a first opportunity to be put through their paces, and our work ethic and our commitment to conditioning will be very, very hard. |
Ultimately, the player makes the decision. The one thing we were adamant about was we didn't want 20 minutes. If it took 100 minutes, we wanted him to commit to 100. |
We are going to have to be first on the puck in a lot of different situations, and this group has not backed away from doing that all year. |
We are playing for positioning. Tonight one shot beat us. |
We battled hard - there's too many positives out of this game to get down. |
We deserved a better fate, but we didn't get it. My message was that we worked extremely hard and did a lot of good things. We're not going to let this get us down. |
We did a lot of good things. I can't be disappointed with our effort, that's for sure. |
We did not compete at our best level. I thought that they wanted it more than we did and they went out and played that way. The bottom line is we have to prepare ourselves for more of a team effort than we got from our group tonight. |
We didn't have a very good start. You get down 2-0, it was one of those games that they were better than we were early, by far. |
We didn't have much going other than the fact we scored a couple power play goals. We did not compete at our best level. I thought they wanted it more than we did and they went out and played that way. |
We got a big goal early and our psyche changed. It seemed like we expected it was going to be easy. They proved differently. |
We got beat by a very special player. He did everything he had to do to dominate the game in the goal-scoring department. He's a dominant young player. He's the real deal. |
We got down early but found a way to claw back. The one thing that this group has demonstrated all year is resiliency. |