Sidney's a guy with a lot of pride. He's going to respond his way. |
Since the break, I'm really pleased about the way we've played. |
Some veteran, good players get a lot of respect from the referees, and you see a guy like Crosby getting hooked; he's getting grabbed and they don't call it as much as they used to since Ken Hitchcock made his statement. And I love Ken Hitchcock. I believe he's a great coach. But I didn't know he's got so much respect from officials. |
Sometimes chemistry has got to be there between players. Since we put those players together, the chemistry seems to be there. |
Sometimes, it's going to be: Will he shoot the puck? Is he going to make a play? He's got the ability to make those fantastic plays. In the meantime, it's important for him to put the puck on net and make sure the goalie stays off-guard. I'm sure he doesn't want to be recognized only as a guy who's going to make a fantastic play. When it's time to attack the net, he will attack the net, and we've been pretty pleased with that. |
Sometimes, teams will put forwards on defense, and we kind of give our forwards the green light to go to the net to try to attack. But we have to be smart about it. It doesn't mean we're going to open up. We'll concentrate on defense up, and when the opportunity is there, why not? |
Teams that are going to play against us know we're going to work, that we're going to be tough to play against. |
That's pretty simple. In a tool bag you need different tools, and we didn't have that tool. You can't hammer a nail with a screwdriver. It's pretty simple as far as I'm concerned. We were looking for a player like Cairns. He's going to bring a presence and we need it. |
That's the goaltending we're looking for from him. He was outstanding. |
That's the kind of hockey we're used to seeing from the Devils. They played a really good game. |
That's the way we like to approach it. |
The emotion was back (in the third period) and the good thing was we didn't quit. |
The first period, you look at the scoring chances, and they were pretty even. Their goalie was better than our goalie. Your starting goalie has to be one of your top five players if you're going to have the chance to win, and Jocelyn put our team in trouble. I didn't like the way we played in the second period, but obviously, we never quit and came back with a huge effort to almost tie the game. |
The good thing is, we didn't quit. Hopefully, they'll bring that third period to the next game. |
The kid's been terrific for our franchise, and he's doing more than he's been asked for the NHL. He's a true example for a lot of young players, and it's sad to hear comments like this because there used to be a time that what was on the ice stayed on the ice. |