We have a large group of players who are coming to an age of maturity. |
We have at certain points been able to get a thrust of play going toward their net with impact and longevity, not just here and there but for four, five and six minutes. But to whatever degree we've tested [Ward], we haven't tested him enough. |
We have to be pleased with his play. He got bombarded and he stood in. |
We have to push back so that we're moving up the standings by putting points on the board, rather than the other direction. |
We have to recognize and appreciate the experience he's had with a very good team in Detroit over a long period of time, playing with great players in some of the best playoff competition, ... We have three young defencemen in Montreal (Mike Komisarek, Ron Hainsey and Andrei Markov) and his experience and knowledge will be an asset. |
We have to recognize and appreciate the experience he's had with a very good team in Detroit over a long period of time, playing with great players in some of the best playoff competition. We have three young defencemen in Montreal ( Mike Komisarek , Ron Hainsey and Andrei Markov ) and his experience and knowledge will be an asset. |
We made one or two key mistakes that cost us. That's the story of the game, because otherwise it was pretty even out there. |
We only thought about the player and his talents and his ability to win a match, |
We saw the job was too big for one guy and (Huet) needed some help. |
We want an exciting team, a quick team, a fast team, a puck-moving, skating, attacking team, and to do that you need to put players in place who have those skills. |
We were hoping it was going to be taken care of at this arbitration and it would disappear. When it came out in the public domain, the decision to release the information that it was Jose Theodore was the best way to approach it. |
We were playing against a good team. We have respect for them. We have to play as well as we can and for as many minutes as we can. We took a lead and had to battle for it. It was a good playoff game. |
We'd seen a different team during the season. But they captured their level of play again (once) they got a goalie in there that gave them the saves they needed. They made it a lot more difficult for us to get scoring chances. |
We'll have to look to our reserves for help. |
We're entering a new period in the NHL, ... There could be changes that none of us can predict right now. |