(Consistency) was a problem before and now with the new rules. I think it's going to be a bigger problem. You flip the channels on TV and it's a different set of rules in every game. I'm not blaming the referees, but it's hard for players to adjust when there are different sets of rules every night. |
[Missing the playoffs] hasn't been talked about yet, but I thought about it a little after the game. Bottom line, we need to get more desperate. I mean, we had eight shots with three minutes left in the second period. That's not gonna cut it. |
Easy. Everyone has to take it upon themselves. We have three games left. |
Every team going in thinks they have a shot. Whoever ends up in the Stanley Cup final, it really wouldn't surprise me. |
Everyone has to take it upon themselves. There was a lot said before the game and between the periods, but now everyone has to take it upon themselves. We only have three games left. |
He barely hit him. Sometimes, your momentum carries you. I don't think he hit him hard. If he ran him, he would have gotten 20 games. |
He believed in me a long time ago. I had five good years with Ken Hitchcock in Dallas. And the terms of the deal mattered, too. I have a family and I didn't want to be moving around every two years. |
He sees me, turns away. You can't stop. If he keeps going and takes the hit, it's not even an issue right now. |
He worked hard all game and he got his breaks off hard work. |
He's very intense. That's where it starts, his intensity. |
Hey, it's the playoffs. Guys are going to hit and guys are going to be hit. You have to take it. You can't afford to take penalties at this point. |
I don't know if anyone felt that he could come back. |
I don't know if you're supposed to love your coach. Right now I love him, but we'll see in a couple weeks. |
I don't think they should have done that. I know all of our guys were worried about him and a lot of their guys were, too. |
I guess they'd probably have to lose all their games and we'd have to win all of ours. We basically took it out of our own hands. |