I think everybody has to have a purpose in life, ... My enjoyment of so-called working was to be around hockey. The closest thing to being a player is to be able to coach. |
I think he's a different player right now. He seems to be a little bit more relaxed. He's playing with a lot more sense of urgency. |
I think it's a wrong sort of message to send to our players and send to our fans to just loan another player to another team. . . . Our fans deserve some sort of semblance of stability. |
I think that we had a tremendously respectable road record, which means that we play as hard on the road as we do at home. But we need to be 80-20 instead of 50-50 as far as winning and losing. That was the difference in our year in a nutshell. |
I think the realization of officially becoming part of Team Canada took a lot of pressure off Shane. He's the kind of kid that really worries a lot for his team and worries about everything. I knew it was pretty stressful on him making Team Canada. Maybe it did affect him a little bit, but he didn't once get down on himself. He worked hard every day. |
I thought coming in, they were probably the most talented team. The Russian team was better than we were tonight. There's no excuse about that. |
I thought Curtis played well. A couple of goals went in, there's not much you can do about it. I know he was very excited to play here. |
I thought if we could get the fourth goal, we could get back in the game and that's what happened. . . . It was a strange night all the way around. |
I thought, the first 30 minutes, we played really solid hockey. |
I truly have enjoyed it much more than I anticipated in September. |
I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach. |
I watched him and how much he enjoyed it. His success was probably a factor on my wanting to be a coach. |
I watched how fast he skated and how hard he shot that puck. I wish I had an extra No. 7 in a red jersey. I could have found a spot for him on my power play. |
I will say it one more time, I said it the other night, I didn't bet, it didn't happen, it's not going to happen, it hasn't happened, it's not something that I've done. |
I wish I could still be playing, ... It's more fun than standing on the bench but it was enjoyable for me tonight. |