Honestly, it's not a distraction to us whatsoever. We're going over there for two weeks to bring back a gold medal. |
I don't think there's any rhyme or reason for it. There's enough talent out there with that group of five (players) where you've got to make those plays. |
I think our power play can be more consistent. At times it's real good. In a couple other games, it's let us down. You know you're going to have three or four opportunities every night, and that has to be there. |
I think people understand there's a business side to the game and that's been put in the past now. It's time to move on and the excitement of the game will live again. |
I think the last 25, 30 games, we've been battling to find our way into the playoffs, and once we succeeded, I think the emotion was tough to bring. But now we move on against Dallas, and I think you'll see we won't have trouble bringing emotion. |
I was trying to go up high and he was right there. He made it look real easy. |
I've got to start getting the puck to the net a little more, ... I usually have more shots than I do right now (14), that's for sure. I can pick that up, jump in the play a little more. I think I'm lacking a little offensively. |
If I get in there, we know that the goalies have been really good. |
If they score right away on that, they have a minute left on another power play. 'Theo' made his big saves there, which we needed. |
In the first period, if it wasn't for Abby, it could have been 6-1. In the first period, they were all over us making plays wherever they wanted. |
In the third when we opened it up and we started to pinch and create chances, it took just one opportunity for them and they buried it. That's the dynamic of this team. |
It was just a scramble. I took a couple shots that got blocked and Andrew (Brunette) made a play out front just to kind of whack the puck there. I was fortunate it went in. |
It wasn't about the Stanley Cup the year before, it was all about the gold medal. That's been the talk the last three years, and now this year. When you go home in the summers, the gold medal is remembered more. The difference now is defending the gold medal. |
It's a different feel for that game than any other game on your schedule. It has in the past, and always will. |
It's a new season for him, and he knows he can be the difference in the series. |