(Without Jagr) it probably gave our opponents some confidence at least. |
[Jaromir] wanted to make sure he was at least showing New Jersey we have some depth in our penalty killing. We rolled the dice. He went beyond what I expected. It shows he is a competitive person. I have no regrets. That's a decision I'll live with though and that's my responsibility. |
A quicker release. Don't look for the second option; take the first option. Often times, we want to set somebody up on the one-timer or get it to an open player, and that falls apart on you. I don't think with Marty, you can kind of point the puck at the net and score. You've just got to get it there and be there. |
Absolutely unbelievable. This is a big, big game and Henrik goes in and nails it. |
All the cliches fit. It's a very valuable time for us if we get through this adversity, because it's going to galvanize our group and define our organization moving forward. |
And we want to win in a way that suggests to anybody that plays this team beyond this year, that you'd better check in and know how the Rangers are playing because that's what you're going to have to live up to. That's what we're trying to develop here. |
As it was explained to me, he didn't think a second player delivered another hit. It was an explanation I have to live with. We needed an opportunity to play 5-on-3, and I thought within the rules we should have had it. |
As long as we're working hard and playing within our system we should be able to get scoring chances with him out there at less than 100 percent. But we're going to be really very, very careful here and make sure that we give him a chance to assess where he is, both psychologically and physically, before we even contemplate putting him back in. |
But there's not much to like about the game. |
Certainly he delivered what he needed to do for us from that point of view. I'd like to have gotten him a little bit more minutes and that'll happen in the future. Just watching his game, he's got good hockey sense. We'll continue to work with him . . . and develop him even further. |
Certainly we would like to close the gap between us and do it in a way that gives them something to think about going forward. We certainly see enough of them down the stretch. |
Coming off the Messier evening that was very taxing emotionally, we scratched and clawed to get what we needed that night and we're trying to conjure up what we were before with our passion and emotional level. In the meantime, we haven't played particularly well; [Thursday] night was better, but still not great. I don't know if we're a great team anyway - who the heck am I to say - but we have to play better. I think [Thursday] night we showed signs. |
Composure is an important part of the game. If you lose it, you can lose the series. |
Did we expect him to be on our No. 1 power-play unit at this stage of the season? Maybe, but only as an interim thing or if we needed a spark or whatever. Certainly he's secured himself as an offensive player on our team. |
Disappointing change in overtime - that wasn't the players' fault. |