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We keep saying that the young guys are chipping and the veterans are doing a terrific job. Maybe some teams are underestimating us a little bit ... they know we're out of the playoffs, they keep hearing about all the trades that are supposed to happen, and maybe they don't get up as much. I don't know, but our team is doing a strong job.

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You can't help but follow his work ethic. He'll give you everything he has.

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They said (too many men) was why we were so wide open. I thought it was a weak call, a very weak call. That would have made Colorado open up more, and usually you get more chances that way.

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His better years, he was a top-10 scorer in the league. He's very creative, loves to be a playmaker. In fact, we'd always be on him to shoot more. Any organization would miss a player like that.

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I think I have more confidence in his ability than he does. I think (the gold medal) will be good for him. He was a big part of the tournament.

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He's probably looking at ... in a full year ... probably getting 20-25 goals.

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That's going to be a big hole in our lineup - leadership-wise and just trying to get another guy to fill his shoes.

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I think when we started the season, there was a big adjustment for him. Then he adapted very quickly and came along really well, which was good to see because we needed that veteran leadership back on the blue line. I've been pleased with how he's played.

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I think that's the decision they have to make. It could be a month, it could be longer ... I'm not sure.

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We had the lead going into the third period, and we gave up two goals. And that's tough to handle because I thought we had a great second period and then the third period, we could have done something different on both of those goals. That was disappointing.

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He makes such a big difference. Even though he might not produce goal-wise, he really helps our lineup an awful lot because he's such a dangerous player and draws so much attention.

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We scored enough goals, we should win the game. We made a couple of errors there that ended up in the back of our net.

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I don't have any explanation for it at all. You think you'd build off a good game and a win, but ... I don't know why that happens. We're not strong in that area, where we can just keep building and moving forward.

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A shootout's a shootout. We're going from a terrific team game into an individual thing. I guess that's what the fans want. But it's a little disheartening. The guys played hard for 65 minutes and then you lose in a shootout.

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It's hard to tell until you get into the real stuff, but throughout the scrimmages, I thought they've really done a pretty good job. You see they're putting their stick there and then they're pulling it away. It's going to take a long time that's mental discipline.

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He had such a good reads. He would give a person ice and then just take it away. All the passes he used to intercept, he would give that pass and then he'd take it away. That's a real knack in itself.

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It was nice for the players to see that this morning. They're real pros, those guys. Both of them are class acts.

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I hope the momentum comes back and we're able to establish to where we were, because we were playing pretty well as a team the last 15 or 16 games. We've had some terrific practices here.

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He wants to skate tomorrow and get back on the ice, just see how it responds. It's a deep bone bruise and you've just got to go day to day on it. We're hoping if he doesn't play the first two (games), which are back to back, he'll be all right for Vancouver.

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He's had success that way. The angle is much better. You almost take away the shot. If you time yourself properly and you're in control, you're right there. The only thing they can do is deke, and it's tough to get it up.

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Our power play struggled. It didn't give us any momentum at all.

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He's a very useful player. Actually as a coach, you have to watch his minutes because he's so easy to play.

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I think our team play is more important than anything else. We're going to have a lot of younger players in our lineup for the remaining games ... let them learn the game at this level.

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There's not very many systems that work if you don't have the work ethic. And it just spreads through the whole team. I don't care what system you play. If you don't have that effort there, it's not going to work.

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We're looking to take a look at some of our younger players in Peoria to give them an opportunity. We couldn't give him the ice time he thought he needed. We had to make a move and we have to look at some of these young players because we've got decisions on them coming up.

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