The way we started the game was the most important factor for us tonight. It's one of the areas we've struggled in all season. We showed them from the drop of the puck we wanted to win the game. |
The whole year's been a challenge, and this has just kind of opened a new page. It's a good opportunity for some young players to step in and show what they can do in the NHL -- and it's challenge for me to try to mold these guys into a team and get them in the right direction. |
The young guys have been through the shootouts before down in the AHL, so sometimes you feel a little more comfortable. |
The younger players have really fit in. |
There was a lot of passion in this game. I thought it was an entertaining game for the fans and the referees took it over. (Weight) didn't really say much and that led to a 5-on-3 against a very good hockey team. |
There's no ideal timing for any of this, it's tough on game day. It was a little quiet in the room this morning. |
There's not very many systems that work if you don't have the work ethic. And it just spreads through the whole team. I don't care what system you play. If you don't have that effort there, it's not going to work. |
They found a way. Our work ethic got better. We had a little more bite in our game. We started finishing our checks. We were harder in the puck area. That's a sign of a team that's starting to come together here. |
They protect the lead so well and they've been doing that for years. We just got off to a slow start out of the gate. If we had started the first period like we'd played in the third, we'd have been much better off. |
They said (too many men) was why we were so wide open. I thought it was a weak call, a very weak call. That would have made Colorado open up more, and usually you get more chances that way. |
They want to get in. We're in a tough situation, not in the playoffs. . . . These players want to put a mark at the end of the season and leave in the coaches' minds how they finished. I think that's important for them to do. |
They were very aggressive on that, we could never seem to get set up in the zone. |
They'll just have to play it by ear and see what's going to take place. It could be a month, it could be longer, I'm not sure. |
They're on a mission to get into the playoffs and they came out hard at us. They knew we played last night and they played a real speed game on us. |
This guy is a tremendous player. He's got more moves...you think you know one move, then he pulls another one on you... |