«We just thought he was going to give us the best chance tonight. You'd have to ask ‘Goalie Bob' [goalie coach Bob Essensa] a little more in detail about that, but we all thought that he was going to give us the best opportunity tonight,»
«The mistake I made, is I try to put our players in the best position to excel. And I think withthere's an added mental grind in the playoffs and it takes a toll. That's what I've learned through this grind is that the expectations that were put on our team going into the playoffs, there's a price you pay. Everybody does, and I think we are going to learn from this – players, especially me, I'm going to have to learn – and I'm going to have to help the players push through which I didn't do this year.»
«All season long I said ‘Goalie Bob' [Essensa], makes the decision. I make the final decision right? I'm the one that picks the starter, so, it's not ‘Goalie Bob's decision but I really rely on him heavily. To answer your question specifically, we discuss this as a staff. I will talk in the playoffs especially even more so, with ‘Sweens' [GM Don Sweeney], and Cam [team president Cam Neely], and in the end, we win Games 3 and 4 so you have two days off."
