(It means) exactly nothing. You can?t read anything (into it). He?s trying to play hockey. But, he?s certainly not a player in this series. |
(Tonight) we just showed up and played. |
[-Hull frequently played through pain in big games, including scoring his infamous 1999 Stanley Cup winner with his foot in the crease. Hull did so after tearing ligaments in his knee and barely being able to skate.] I will always remember Brett for that goal. He showed his colors, ... He went on the ice when I told him not to go, and I couldn't get him off. No one is ever going to talk to me about Brett Hull's character. I have seen his character. |
[After watching the fresh-faced and more sprightly Senators bounce his Flyers out of the playoffs in the second round last spring, coach Ken Hitchcock believes young, energetic talent is the key to getting Philadelphia into the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1999-2000.] You can't expect 34-year-olds to score like 26-year-olds, ... Those guys have other roles that are as important, but we have to get more from other people who are capable. |
About 25 percent of your job is coaching the team on the ice and about 75 percent of your job is all of the stuff that happens off the ice, whether it be preparation or putting out fires. I think he's going in with his eyes wide open about that. |
Against the good teams we're losing the special teams game, which is a major concern right now. And when you can't kill penalties, that's a big concern. |
And if they get the puck on the right one, they clear it out of there. If they get it on the wrong one, it kind of dribbles. But that's what we've got. |
Any player who thinks he is owed anything is wrong. You talk about the best players in the world, and they understand that. They always think they are a week away from going into the stands. |
As a coach, I?d rather he be down there playing then up here sitting. In a perfect world, he would practice with us and play with the Phantoms, but that?s unfair to the Phantoms. |
As the game wore on, we were out-competed, |
Beating people one-on-one, getting to loose pucks, those are all the things you lose if you get this much time off, ... And that's why we're scrimmaging at practice. We're having little games inside of the practice themselves. |
Beating people one-on-one, getting to loose pucks, those are all the things you lose if you get this much time off. And that's why we're scrimmaging at practice. We're having little games inside of the practice themselves. |
Both guys are going to start the season with us. We are counting on them being good players for us. They are here because they can help us win. They are not here because they are young players. |
Brett catches everyone staring at the puck. He's always in the open spaces to shoot. He finds the sneaky areas. |
Brian is a player who has made the best of a situation where he had to wait to get picked up by a team. He?s come in and made a contribution on and off the ice. I?m really happy for him, because he?s found a home here and has a good niche on our team. |