I don't think you have to go spend, spend, although there's free agents there. I think it's just getting the right parts that help your organization. |
I don't want to make any excuses, but I want to back up the guys a little bit because it's been a tough January so far. We just finished seven (games) in 12 (days) and five in eight nights. That's a lot of hockey and it looked like it caught up to us. |
I hope the momentum comes back and we're able to establish to where we were, because we were playing pretty well as a team the last 15 or 16 games. We've had some terrific practices here. |
I think fatigue set in. You understand it when you're an athlete. Everything starts to shut down. You make poor decisions with the puck. We made plays out there that we haven't made in a long time. A lot of that is through fatigue. |
I think he had a very strong game. In the American (Hockey) League, he plays like that. We're trying to push him that way. I think he's nervous. He has to feel like he belongs here. |
I think I have more confidence in his ability than he does. I think (the gold medal) will be good for him. He was a big part of the tournament. |
I think McAmmond has stepped in and played pretty well at center. I wouldn't have thought that earlier on in the year ... because I've known Dean as strictly a left winger. I've got to give him marks. |
I think our team play is more important than anything else. We're going to have a lot of younger players in our lineup for the remaining games ... let them learn the game at this level. |
I think that's the decision they have to make. It could be a month, it could be longer ... I'm not sure. |
I think the team grew in the last five or six games because they've been sticking up for one another and I think that's brought them together pretty close. |
I think when we started the season, there was a big adjustment for him. Then he adapted very quickly and came along really well, which was good to see because we needed that veteran leadership back on the blue line. I've been pleased with how he's played. |
I thought (Sanford) looked a little uncomfortable in the net. We had to make a change. |
I thought he looked a little bit uncomfortable. When the third goal went in, we had to make a change. |
I thought the effort was there . . . the energy was there. |
I thought we had such a strong game in Detroit and I thought it was going to be a real building block for us moving forward. That hasn't happened. |