He's playing as well as he has in his career. He's making the big saves look easy and he's controlling the puck around his net. There haven't been many goals that we think he should have stopped. |
He's progressed well every day in practice, ... I think he's taking on a little bit more. We'll give him some more bumping and pushing (today) and see how he does. |
He's showing me, we'll call it surprise patience with the puck. I didn't know he had that ability, but it's certainly been nice to see. |
He's skating but I can't say he's real close. We'll continue to go on that four to six weeks, and hopefully we can see him before the break. |
His couple years in Dallas weren't as successful as he had hoped. We feel he's revitalized, he's excited about the opportunity. |
His last start, he was excellent in Phoenix. He got us on this stretch where we stabilized our game and came back from probably our worst game of the year in San Jose. |
However you want to mix the top three (forwards) among the top six forwards, but they'll still see a lot of time together as a group. |
I always viewed it as an honor and privilege to coach Al. He's one of the guys who would do anything to win. |
I can't tell you his status. I know it comes with an extensive rehab. |
I didn't think we played well at all. We struggled to get something going. Peter played great. He was our best player tonight for sure. We've got a lot of confidence in him and we were comfortable making the decision yesterday to put him in the lineup. |
I don't think it's an on-off switch. I thought we did a lot of good things with the puck. ... We had the puck a lot, particularly down in their end. |
I don't think there's a lot of history right now. I think we're all learning. I know I am. |
I don't think we can expect to win if we give up six. |
I don't think you see too many first periods like that. The bottom line is we came ready to play tonight. |
I like a lot about our team. I like the competitiveness of our group, and I like the experience and leadership that we have. All facets of our game are going to have to be sharp against Dallas. |