That second period, in probably a three-minute span, there were four or five odd-man rushes and they capitalized. We really let them take it to us in the second period. We're trying to get the system. |
That was the difference tonight. We had some opportunities, some chances to score, but it just didn't go in for us. The bottom line is we're going to score goals. We just have to work hard and keep moving forward and not let this bother us. |
That weighs on people's mind, and I think Dave thought about it and said, 'I'm going to make a change right now and move forward. |
That's been our problem -- we haven't been able to score goals. |
That's where we have fallen down the last two years, and it has killed us. If we get rid of those, we are playing .500 hockey, and we are right there with everyone else. That's what has been disappointing. You look at Minnesota last year and they were able to do it. We gotta believe that we can do it. |
The consumer has to ask for the deals. It's not the chain stores that are going to cut you a price break last minute, but the smaller independently run store owners who realize that if their products are still sitting on the shelf after the big day it won't do them any good. |
The fans still believe in us. We can hear 'em out there. |
The momentum swung in their favor, we were killing a lot of penalties and we couldn't get the momentum back on our side. |
The other team was disciplined. We weren't. You give the other team a five-on-three twice [in the second period], and you shoot yourself in the foot. |
There's no need to panic. But we definitely have to get some more wins. |
They kept taking that lead back but we said (goalie Mathieu Garon) is going to shut the door and we've just got to move forward. |
They're a good team defensively. |
Those are turning points in the game. We had two of them (5-on-3 power plays). Not to be able to capitalize, you know, that's been our problem up to this point. |
Usually I kind of understand him, but tonight I couldn't even understand what he was saying. I think it was Slovak. I don't know. He was pretty happy, though. It was nice to see him get a couple of goals because he played there so long. |
We didn't help ourselves with all the penalties. |