Chemistry. I was trying to find some lines that would work together. That line seems to be working pretty good. |
First time he came up I thought he played pretty good. The second time he came up, he'd improved a lot. I think he's even gotten better this third time. He's been a real sparkplug for us in the playoffs. |
Five points would be good. Six points would be really good. Seven or eight would be excellent. That's the way I look at it. |
From my first game I thought that was one of his strong points. I've just continued to use him in that situation. |
He did set a pretty high standard in the first games he played. It's hard to live up to that. But I think he made a lot of progress in his physical play and just his overall play, really. He's been playing better offensively. He's moving the puck well. |
He feels confident knowing that he beat that team just a few days ago. He just got a look at their shooters. Especially a team that we haven't seen that often. This is just the second time and he's the only guy that's seen them. |
He's been the same player from the first day I got here 'til right now. He goes out. He goes about his business and he does it very well. It's nothing flashy, just very steady and very responsible. I can pretty much use him in any situation. |
He's done it in juniors. He's doing it here now. Hopefully within a year or two, he's going to be doing it up there. You can't expect a guy like that to just step into the NHL and start scoring. It took him a year (in the AHL). Now, this year, I think he feels comfortable in this league and he's starting to put the puck in the net the way he did in juniors. |
He's got a great attitude. He loves to play. He loves to be out there. He loves to be the guy that's stopping the puck. He's a real competitor out there. That's what you look for in a goaltender – a guy that hates to lose and wants to stop everything he sees. Andy's that type of goalie. |
He's put up some real good numbers while he's been down here. Max plays his game. He plays hard every night. I can depend on him defensively almost every time. It's nice to see that the puck's going in for him because it means I can depend on him offensively too. |
He's really stepped up his game since I've been here. He was one of my best forwards. He played hard on the ice. He's been a leader on and off the ice. I can't say enough good things about Colby. |
I think it was just our overall commitment to each other and to what we're supposed to be doing out there – forgetting about all the yapping and stuff that went on in the first two games. |
I think you have to (get up for the Hershey game). You hope the guys are up for it. They've been some of the better games too. They've all been good games. I think there was one blowout. |
I thought he was solid all night. He didn't have a lot of shots for two periods, but when they did, he was there. |
I thought we were better off discussing (the problem) than trying to punish anybody or bag skate them or whatever. I was trying to find out reasons why we came out so lackluster yesterday, get their opinions, instead of me just going in and telling them we didn't show up with urgency and we didn't show up with commitment. |