It's important for us to use our speed and make them pull us down. |
It's nice to finally get a feel for the puck and have some fun out there. It was a step in the right direction, that's for sure. |
It's the same type of game plan. It's a lot like the playoffs. You have to keep the sticks down and stay out of the (penalty) box. We did a great job of that tonight. |
It's unfortunate, we could have put them behind us a little bit. We played a strong game. We just didn't get the breaks when we needed them. |
Its pretty evident that we don't have it going. We're completely out of synch right now in all aspects of our game. |
Maybe it was an eye opener for us players to see how much we missed playing and playing in Vancouver, |
My fault on the first (goal) and then we let another mistake happen and we're down 2-0 and that's exactly what we didn't want to do against these guys because they're a disciplined team, they work hard and they're tough to get chances against. |
Our power play was good tonight. It's such a key thing the way the game's played now. |
Really bad intensity from our side and then we took penalties and we know we can t beat them if we do that. |
Right now, I don't think I belong in the worlds. |
Somehow it got in, |
Specialty teams are a key, obviously. They know we have a lot of offensive guys and [Chicago] is probably going to play as disciplined as they can. |
That gave them momentum for the whole game. Had we got the lead we might have taken them out of it early. |
That's what happens when things are not going the way you're hoping. The coaches are trying to shake things up to get us going. |
The commitment and work ethic has been the biggest difference. |