We'll take it, you'd better believe it. We haven't had too many games that bark. This one was a big dog. |
We're a work in progress and we're scrambling and scratching and clawing to kind of be what we were so proud to be earlier. And we're close. We're getting there sort of in fits and starts. But it's a matter of settling down, calming down and believing in everything that we're capable of doing within our system and we'll be fine. |
We're beginning to see a bit of personality in the other three lines. They can contribute, game in and game out. |
We're coming. I think this game changes things. |
We're giving ourselves the chance to ride the hot guy. |
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. |
We're going to stay the course and keep working at it. We had a game as we have had a couple of other times. We don't want to make it bigger than what it is. |
We're not going to last long in the playoffs — if we get there — if we play this way. |
We're preparing for a team we love to play and who loves to play us. My feeling is we'll be much better. |
We're sort of playing a hunch as much as anything. He's played New Jersey well, and our last good game of hockey was here against them with Kevin in goal, so I don't think that is unreasonable at all. |
We've earned the privilege of feeling good about what we've done. But we have won nothing. We know we need our A-plus game in the playoffs, and now is the time that you make sure you're there when the time comes. |
We've got to get back to good habits of how we start our games ... how we manage the circumstances in those first six, eight, 10 minutes. We have to try to dictate the terms. |
We've had more movement. More definitive puck movement. More movement away from the puck. We seem to be a lot more pro-active in forcing the penalty killers to adjust to us rather than us adjust to the penalty killers. |
Wednesday will be the tougher day. If they get through that they'll probably be OK for Thursday's game. We might have to make some tough decisions. |
What I'm surprised at is that we choose to let ourselves get down a goal or two before we ignite ourselves in the way we need to play. And that's a heavy consequence when you're playing teams that really know how to play within their structure. I'll be surprised if it continues. |