I don't want to jerk guys around, |
I guess hazing has been around since Plato's time, but it does not make it right. It is distasteful to me. |
I guess they're doing what they're taught to do. The nature of those kind of hits are not something you want to see. |
I guess we're just going to have to fight through this. We have some adversity with our special teams. We paid for this game by taking penalties. |
I had a very brief conversation with Todd. It's all about trying to maintain our focus and we aren't going to let outside things interfere with what we're trying to do here. As Todd said to me: 'I'll look after it when I get home.' There's nothing he can do about it at this stage other than maintain his own concentration. |
I had kind of a feeling that this team had a little bit of destiny to it, |
I hated it tonight and I hated it that night. |
I have yet to have a conversation with anyone (with Hockey Canada) about this issue, so all this speculation is premature to talk about. |
I just felt we needed to make a change tonight. He (Belfour) wanted to fight his way through that game (in Ottawa). I said fine that night, but tonight I just made the change. |
I just figured I'd make a little change. It was just a coach's decision before the game. I didn't expect him to like it. |
I kind of wished it was there last night, too. |
I know he's as disappointed as he could possibly be. |
I know they don't allow the goaltender to wear the 'C' on his chest, but he could for us because he has been excellent. He makes the big saves and he gets the job done. That's what you need to be successful. |
I know this -- these kids have not given up and they are not going to. |
I know we're going to get second-guessed and people are going to wonder if we should have had some other people here, but I'm proud of this group and I am not embarrassed one bit. We played our hearts out. We had a lot of young players on this team who are going to be there for this country in 2010 (in Vancouver) and they're going to learn from this experience. |