In Toronto we created our breaks, and Ottawa created theirs with their speed. They don't need five or six opportunities to score a goal. |
In Toronto you could say we created our breaks; tonight you could say Ottawa created theirs. Our major problem was reading the rush. Their defensemen were beating our fourth and fifth guys into the zone all night long. We'll likely watch this tape ... and use it as a teaching tool for our group. They're a very good team. I don't think you'll learn too much from this tape watching our team. |
It was a game where we didn't play very well. We had some penalties we took. ... It was 1-0, then it was 3-0 and that was the turning point in the game. |
It was a great play, a great goal by a great player. Our guys are as happy as he is for his success. |
It was a huge turning point. |
It was not our night. |
It was playing against bigger, stronger players. We're young men. They're big men. It wasn't a lack of effort. It wasn't a lack of execution. |
It was still 3-1 going into the third and we still had an opportunity with a three-minute power play to do something. We didn't respond. When we hit and play physical, we are way more successful and that wasn't the case tonight. We were too far moved from one- on-one puck battles and bad physical play. |
It's a decision we made internally that we needed to do. It needs more explaining, but I just feel with respect to everyone involved, it's just better not to. |
It's a great play, a great goal by a great player. |
It's exciting. He's going to bring some people to the building and bring some excitement. |
It's going to take Brent 10, 11, 12 games. You just hope it doesn't take three or four months to get those games in. He gave us two good starts. Brent is a good goalie. And he'll give us some more good starts. |
It's like having open practices in a lot of different communities. |
It's not the Panthers that tire you, it's the losing during the whole season. You have to guard against becoming morally down. |
Knowing him the way I do, it would have to be pretty serious to keep him out of the lineup. |