I thought it was a good game. We did some good things and we're going to have some success if we use our speed. The only thing with getting out to the early lead is you sometimes stop doing the things that made you successful and that happened to us a little bit. That area will get better. |
I thought our guys played well on the blue line ... people who don't play very much stepped up. It's just unfortunate that (the tying goal) happened at the end of regulation the way it did. |
I thought Ray played fine. When you don't win, you can look at whatever you want but Ray was one of our better players. |
I thought tonight we were quicker and we tried to challenge more. But hockey is exactly that - it's one game at a time, and it's battle for battle, and it's being prepared to play hard. |
I thought Toronto played real well. We just found a way in the third period. |
I thought we played much better defensively. |
I thought we played very well. We didn't capitalize on a lot of the chances we have, but the effort was great. And we didn't give up a lot of chances. |
I thought we were over-trying. I thought in the second that, once we got behind, we kind of ran around and tried to do too much individually. |
I told them they've really screwed themselves. Now we know what they're capable of, we're going to expect it on a nightly basis. Anything less is unacceptable. |
I wanted somebody to bring some energy. That was the only message. I thought Schubert would do that and he did that right away. He went in there, made a hit and there was (a scuffle) behind the net ... (he) was able to go in there and look after what we needed. |
I was starting to wonder if Marty knew where the net was. |
I was very concerned that one of their guys would take a run at Hasek. He played an outstanding game and we don't play them again so I'm not sure why they would, but I just didn't want to take a chance. |
I wasn't really happy with the way we played (Saturday) and I wanted to see us come back strong, |
I'd put Ray in and he'd be good. It's going to be the same team, they'll just be playing a little tighter (defensively). |
I'm a guy who likes to have a plan, ... Is he going to play 40, 50 or 60 games? Does he want to play more? These are all things that I have to discuss with him. |