Jacques Lemaire
Jacques Lemaire
Jacques Gerard Lemaireis a former ice hockey forward for the Montreal Canadiens and a long-time coach, most notably with the New Jersey Devils and the Minnesota Wild. After retiring at the end of the 2010–11 NHL season, he accepted a position as special assignment coach for the Devils. He currently works as a special assignment coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs...
afford changing goal kids scoring share
If the kids were scoring their share of goals, a goal here or there, I couldn't afford to do this. See what I'm saying. I'm changing nothing.
deserves kid wants
He's a kid who wants to play, there is no doubt. And I think he deserves another try.
beat gets himself people position tries
Stephane is working hard, but he tries to beat people by himself and gets himself out of position because he's so excited. You have to be in control.
great higher level top
For the young guys, it is a great experience. The level of play is much higher than the NHL. You have all the top players.
allow controls mistakes puck team
This is a team that controls the puck well. You can't allow any mistakes here.
win
You could see how much they wanted to win this.
guy hard trying worked
If you're trying to find a guy that didn't play well, I would have a hard time. Everyone chipped in and really worked hard.
chance confidence gets knows work
He knows what I want. You want to play, show me you want to play. I'll give you a break, a chance to play. But if you don't show that? ... He's got to take it seriously, work in practices, so he gets our confidence back to him. That's it.
goals good hard maybe past
It's good to get some goals on him. We know in the past it's been hard to get just one by him. Maybe this will give us confidence.
feels good guess past ready until wait
I guess we just have to wait. We'll do what we did without him in the past and wait until he feels good and he's ready to play.
care excited holding rules score
We're all excited because they say they're going to take care of the holding and grabbing. We feel with these rules enforced, we're going to score more goals.
break
We didn't get any break on penalties. Unbelievable. Sometimes, it's a joke. I just take it as a joke.
hopefully looking playing time until
We're playing better than I thought we would. At a time there, it was looking bad. Now at least, you look at the team, hopefully that's how we're going to look from now until the end of the season. We know we can look like that. We can be that team. Just got to get it together.
average expecting
What he's been doing lately, this is what I was expecting all year. He's getting chances. He's more than average defensively. By getting chances, he's going to get his goals. He's there.