Don MacAdam
Don MacAdam
close games injured likely missed player punishment remotely respect three
As I told the league, I respect their opinion, but we've got an injured player who's already missed three games and he's likely going to miss six. The punishment is not remotely close to what it should be.
care caring game passing played practice
Our passing was abysmal. Passing is a caring skill. If you care to put the pass on the guy's tape, you can make it. I haven't played a game in 30 years and I know I can do it. I do it in practice every day.
four guy penalty screws skaters takes unit
Penalty killing takes all four skaters and the goaltender working together. If one guy screws up on the PK, you're in trouble. It's very much a unit thing.
closed simply slam
I didn't slam it. I simply closed it. It's a new building, sometimes things go wrong.
bargaining good player
He was the only player they wanted. We were not in a very good bargaining position.
assuming bit fighting good knows street
He's all heart. I'm assuming he's done a good bit of street fighting in his day. He just knows how to fight.
attempt avoid call clearly finally player
I finally got a call back and they said there should have been a penalty. The player has to make an attempt to avoid contact, and the player clearly didn't.
anybody beginning improved
He improved as much as anybody in our lineup from the beginning of the season.
deserving
He's a very knowledgeable, efficient, hard-working trainer. He's very deserving of this.
certainly complete effort quite win
It's certainly a relief. This was our most complete effort in quite a while, and that's what we needed. We weren't going to win any other way. It wasn't going to come easy.
excuse sure whoever
Whoever it was, there's no excuse for that behavior. I'm sure it's frustration. But there's still no excuse.
building excellent great million people
We've got a great building with an excellent lease and a million people in our market.
players talked
We talked about the things we should have done better and the players made the corrections today.
offered office talking turn
We'd end up in the office talking hockey. He offered (to coach), and I'm not one to turn down help.