It's just day-to-day. He just tweaked his groin. And anyone who does that in training camp, we're kind of more on the cautious side than anything. |
It's part of how you start the game. If you start the game well, it gives everyone confidence. Our confidence isn't at a very good high right now. It doesn't take too much to throw us off our game. |
It's the same knee, but it's a totally different thing. He tweaked it. |
It's tough to get it past Luongo. You could see their coaches were calm the whole night. They didn't get too excited at any kind of scoring chance we had. |
Joel had a lot of success here in St. Louis. He's a good coach and the fans realize he's a good coach. His record speaks for itself. I mean, he did a good job when he was here . . . so I think he'll probably get a roaring reception. |
Just a highlight goal he scored tonight. |
Maybe my job is finding better shootout players. We haven't fared very well in shootouts. That's something you're able to gain extra points. |
No one knows anything about it. The NHL will deal with that matter. That's where we left it . . . no sense in anybody commenting on it. |
No, not at all. Our effort was terrific out there. Our guys played their hearts out. |
Of all the guys to score ... and to score the way he did ... to get a cheap goal like that. |
Of course you're going to miss him on the ice. He was playing some of his best hockey of the year. |
Oh, it was terrific. I think once we get going here, the fans are going to really enjoy our game, as you can see out there. It's a quick game, there's lots of open ice, so I think the more the players get used to the rules, the better the game's going to be. |
Once he has the surgery he'll be done for the season. I don't know the medical terms for it, but going in they have to repair the labrum and that takes time. There's a long rehab with it. |
One thing about our organization is we're finding out our depth is a little bit better than we thought it was. They've responded pretty well for being thrown into some tough times. |
Our effort was real solid and our team play was great. Everyone had a part in it. I thought we deserved a better fate in regulation. |