I've already done it two weeks ago for the Olympics. It is a good thing. You want to make sure everybody's healthy and clean. There's no need for anybody to be on any sort of substance. |
If we come out with this effort every night, we're going to have more wins than losses at the end of the day. We need to play with the same desperation level every day. |
If you let their best players take one-timers from the slot, they're going to go in. Five-on-three is a tough situation for everybody. |
In both games, we had clutch goals in the third period. We were able to hang on and play well defensively. That makes my job a lot easier. |
In the first 10 minutes, we came out a little flat but we picked it up and took control. We don t have to put on a show every night. We got the two points and everyone's happy. |
In training camp I've noticed a big difference. Every time we play with a veteran defenseman on my team, it just seems much easier to do my job. Hopefully that's a sign of things to come. |
It (100th win) is nice to get but the two points are much more encouraging. It's a huge game for us. |
It changes the whole game. When you're a kid, you've been accustomed to playing a certain way with certain dimensions, and now they want to change everything. I think it's foolish. I understand fans want to see more goals. But the way to make the game more exciting is to open up the play more and have more breakaways, more two-on-ones. If anything, [making the nets bigger] would make the game worse because instead of making plays to score, players would shoot from everywhere. |
It is nice to get but the two points are much more encouraging. It's a huge game for us. |
It started out a little innocently, a couple bad bounces here or there and then guys started losing their confidence, including myself and it just escalated to bigger and bigger things. And then we got to the end of the games and guys were nervous. When you're in those kinds of situations and you don't have the confidence to do the job, most of the time it's not going to turn out your way. |
It was a big pressure situation, the most I've ever been under in my career, and the tournament was in Canada so the fans and the media were intense. It wasn't an easy situation but it's the end result that counts. |
It was a tight game, and they just got the best of us is all. We're only 13 games in, so there's a lot of hockey games left. There is no reason for us to be hanging our head. |
It was an exhausting game. It was a good night's work. It looked like it was going to overtime, but we got the power play and got a big goal when we needed it. |
It was huge. We had just taken the lead and we had to come up with a big kill. And the boys did a good job. |
It was my first time playing in Italy so I was a little nervous at the beginning. I think I'm used to more shots than that [playing in Florida]. |