A lot of players have changed. I know (Colorado) doesn't have a lot of players left from the '90s teams. A lot of what happened was a long time ago. I guess it's a little different now. |
Actually it was easier than you'd think. We were the guys who had the opportunity to play for something. Only 26 players on the eight teams had that chance. We would wake up in the morning and have a reason to train. We are able to have four weeks to play at this level. Since the first day our policy was not to talk about the labor situation. Our goal was to win. We'll enjoy it for one night. Then the reality of the owners locking us out sets in. |
After they took four points from us back home, we wanted to come back and answer, which we were able to do. |
Cheli! The old fart. That's why he keeps playing -- he wanted that title. |
Chris Simon just sucker-punched somebody in the face! |
Cujo is the reason we won the game, |
Down low, it's going to be a whole different mindset. The coaches are going to have to coach to the new rules and that's going to make for a lot of changes in philosophy. |
During the game, we didn't notice anything. |
Either way we're going out west. There's nothing easy about that. First round, right off the hop, it's pretty demanding travel-wise and that's something that we realize but that's just unfortunate, us being in the Eastern Time zone and playing in the Western Conference. |
Everyone's going in on a whole new learning curve, ... Figuring out what the rules are going to be, what the roles are going to be with the new coach, and that's all going to come pretty fast. |
For me, 03-04 ... was it 03-04 or 02-03? |
For us, our team is a team that has a lot of pride and I don't think we've really been known as divers. To get in a war of words with him, to me is just a waste of time. If that's how he feels, he's probably trying to work something. |
Guys are committed to opening up the game, making it a lot more entertaining and letting guys go out and use their talents. But I don't even think we'll have it down pat by the time of the openers. |
Guys that can skate are going to enjoy this. |
He and I are struggling right now. |