Give these guys credit. They could have just gone through the motions, mailed it in. We haven't done that all year. |
He made the move to his forehand really quick, and got the puck up just high enough to get it over my pad. He executed it pretty well. |
He sees some things that really help me. |
He's got good hands, he finds the spots to get open. Anytime you've got that and you're willing to work hard like he is, you're going to make things happen. |
I can play whenever they want me to play. I told them that. I'm well rested. I looked up with about 5 minutes left and saw 38, 39 shots and had to blink for a second to make sure which side it was. |
I didn't care one bit if my legs were shaking at the end of practice. I want it; I welcome it. That's how we're going to get better. |
I don't care. I want it. I welcome it. Whoever comes out on top is going to be the better for it. And I have all the intention that I'm going to be coming out on top of everything. |
I hadn't played in a while, and getting down, 2-0, is not a very good way to start, but I didn't stress too much about it. I knew we had something inside of us. |
I knew questions were going to be asked. |
I made a mistake on their second goal to give the puck up on the wall. I'll take the blame for that. They created the chances and created more opportunities and they got the goals. |
I think that's the first time this year that for 60 minutes I was always thinking ahead a step. |
I was in a meeting in Detroit where they asked about certain pieces of equipment, about certain changes that they wanted to make, and they listened. Making the nets bigger wasn't really an ideal situation, we all knew it. Going drastically down to like 10-inch pads was dangerous. Guys tried 'em. It was not right. With all the additions and all the new rules, you needed maybe to go just halfway and really trust one another that it was going to work. And it does. It's worked well. |
I was ready to go, but it was just one of those nights. You can't dig yourself a hole like that and expect to come out. |
I was ready to go. It's not easy. Shootouts are never easy. It's three saves for a win. You just have to tough it out. |
It feels great. I got a chance to play, and it was definitely good to be back in the pipes and good to play the way we did. |