Randy Carlyle
Randy Carlyle
Randolph Robert Carlyleis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks and formerly the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was raised in Azilda, just northwest of Sudbury, Ontario. He won the Stanley Cup in 2007 with the Ducks during his first stint with the team. As a player, Carlyle dressed for over 1000 games between the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets, winning...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 April 1956
CityGreater Sudbury, Canada
He's a skilled player; as with any skilled player, if you give him time and space, he's going to make plays.
Obviously, their game plan was to go after our skill players, and that's posturing for the playoffs. That's the way the playoffs are. You earn every inch of space on the ice. I think the officials are going to have to take control of some of the situations. I thought they did a heck of a job tonight in that respect.
He was a force out there at all times. He's a dominant young player. He's the real deal.
I thought it was a masterpiece. It was a game where we were able to get things going in a positive direction after the first shift. We had a few miscues and we took a penalty right off the bat, but we were able to regroup and get enough pucks past their goaltenders.
These points are up for grabs and any team in our position has to win our share of games. If you don't you are not going to make the playoffs.
He's a stay-at-home guy, he does everything at 100 percent all the time and keeps it simple.
He has a workmanlike attitude as every member of their hockey club does. You have to credit them with their work ethic.
I don't like to individually make comments about players, when it's from a negative point. The assessment I look at is, he wasn't as sharp as he needed to be and our team wasn't as sharp as it needed to be.
It was more of a complete game for our hockey club, and a 'character builder' because of the number of bodies we have out of our lineup,
It's disturbing. Columbus played yesterday in L.A., and they had more life and jump than we did in the first, probably 25 minutes. We have to find a way to take responsibility for that.
In playoffs and critical games, specialty teams are usually the difference-maker.
Anytime you can get points in this building it's a positive. They have a great home record and are undoubtedly one of the best teams in the league.
I think he fit in with our hockey club. Tonight we weren't good enough.
For some of these players who haven't played for some 16 months, it shows that there's a commitment to preparation and that's always a positive.