Last year at the world championships, he was a high-end player. He buried some guys at the world championships because he's a really strong kid, who is also a good skater. |
Last year at the World Championships, he was a high, high end player. It's not like it's a surprise to me. |
Lately, we've been having trouble scoring points, but tonight, we executed much better offensively. |
let him know that he better be prepared to start the day he arrives. |
Let's be honest, we had a great regular season, and the regular season's over. It you don't bring your best game, you don't win. |
Let's face it, Drapes sets the work ethic for this team. That's his job. If Dan Cleary can gain something from that, that's fantastic. ... That's a real compliment to Drapes, but (also) a real compliment to Dan Cleary if he's smart enough to figure it out. |
Made a great save there, and that's what you need. When you're playing goal for us ... not a ton of scoring chances. But you gotta make big saves at key times that allow the guys to just keep going, and I thought he did that tonight. |
Manny hasn't broken the news to me; I'm glad he let you guys know first. When he lets me know, then I can talk about it. That's a shock, by the way. |
Manny made some big saves. |
Maybe the guys that didn't play, it's hard for them because they got two weeks (off) and they've got to get up to speed. |
Maybe those teams aren't so weak. |
Mowers is a real professional guy. He works hard every day, doesn't complain, and brings it to the rink. He's playing with a lot more grit, and he has a lot of speed. We're having a tough time taking him out and that's a good thing. |
Ninety-nine percent of the games are won by the team that works the hardest. Tonight the team that worked the hardest got a loss. Tonight our guys came out with a win and we'll chalk it up to Santa Claus looking after us. |
No part of me is glad to lose, |
No question about it. But when you go through [the Hawks'] scoring chances, they didn't have much. |