Lou Lamoriello
Lou Lamoriello
Louis A. "Lou" Lamoriellois an American professional ice hockey executive and the current general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. Lamoriello, who had been with the New Jersey Devils from 1987 to 2015, served longer with a single team than any general manager in NHL history except Conn Smythe and Art Ross. On May 4, 2015, he stepped down as general manager of the Devils. On July 23 he became the 16th general manager of...
answers performing players
I'm the person who has to find those answers and those solutions. We have some players who are not performing up to expectations. That's not acceptable.
careful far
Let's be careful how far we go with that.
impressive
You could look right through that lineup tonight, and I don't know if you could find any passengers. That, to me, is the most impressive thing you could say.
hockey
He does the little things and he's strong. He's hockey strong.
competitor energy hard hockey jason night playing plays tough type works
Playing that type of hockey and that type of role, it's tough night in and night out. Jason is just a competitor in every way and works hard, plays hard and I think will be an energy asset.
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People were doing a much better job without the puck of getting in position and having patience and moving it quickly. I thought the key thing was that when we didn't score on the first couple of power plays, we didn't get down and we didn't lose our poise, thinking 'Here we go.' You could feel that there was a confidence.
bench confidence obviously success
We've obviously had success with it and it's obvious the confidence the bench has in Marty.
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To me, he's right up there with the top defensemen to ever play the game because he has done everything and adjusted to everything and did everything that was asked of him to win. I don't ever like to compare people, but all I can tell you is that there is no question that he will be in the Hall of Fame as soon as he is eligible.
softball sports motivation
You have people telling you how good you are and all of a sudden, you might start believing it and forget what it takes to be good.
not-good-enough enough good-enough
Good is not good enough when better is expected
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We are leaving the door open if and when Scott Stevens does make a decision to play, ... We have a plan 'C' that will make room for him. It will be his decision. There is no pressure from here.
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We did have a conversation last night when he told me, and as you can all imagine it was a difficult conversation from both parties,