We had our chances. Their guy played well, but the most impressive thing is they play hard until the final buzzer. That's a credit to them. |
We had our chances. When it was tied we just didn't finish our chances off and they did. Pretty simple. |
We had plenty of opportunities to put the game away. It's maturity, in terms of recognizing where you are in the game. When you have the opportunity to put the game away, put it away. There was plenty of opportunities for us to make that game basically out of reach. |
We have a really young team. So aside from the fact that adding these fundamentals that can help with their speed could be real important for the guys, you have them working with a world champion at the Olympic level, and you want that attitude and pedigree as a part of the organization. |
We have some guys coming back, so there is going to be competition for playing time. We can only dress so many players. |
We have the kind of strong leadership in here that maybe we haven't had since Chris Chelios [1990-99]. Jim has been leading by example. He defends his teammates and is terrific at reading the game. It's time for him. |
We just didn't stick with it long enough. They're in first place, and they showed it. |
We made too many mistakes against a good team. |
We played a lot of games before the break and didn't get the results we wanted. That can wear on a young team, so to get away from the rink was real good. We came back refreshed. |
We played OK at first. In the second we got away from our game and in the third we couldn't complete a pass. |
We put the game in the hands of the officials. You do that, you get the short end. Four goals are plenty enough to win. Sometimes, you have to take it a bit. |
We really didn't see their transition game other than the first part of the first period. Their forwards are so skilled that they can really turn something very average into something that's very lucrative in an awful hurry. We managed the puck pretty well tonight. |
We talk about decisions. He made a bad decision at the blue line to put himself in that position. |
We turned over the puck far too much. They took advantage of their opportunities. We had the game on our stick, but we didn't finish. |
We turned over the puck too much. Tonight it did come back to bite us. A team like that (Philadelphia) that lost its last game didn't want to lose two in a row. They're a good team and it's no surprise where they are in the standing. |