Tomas Vokoun
Tomas Vokoun
Tomáš Vokounis a retired Czech professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators and the Montreal Canadiens, with whom he was originally drafted in the ninth round, 226th overall, in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth2 July 1976
CityKarlovy Vary, Czech Republic
below changes league points taken teams
But there are other teams that should be better, too, because of all the changes that have taken place. You look at the league right now and to be honest, I couldn't tell you who's going to be over 100 points or who would be below 80 points.
curable fine perfectly playoffs six timing tough worry
They said it's perfectly curable and I should be fine in six months. It's tough timing for the playoffs for me. But that's something you don't worry about when you think about your health.
answers asked asking czech everybody gets seems twice
It seems like I get asked about it twice a day from Czech journalists and from here, really asking me what I don't have answers for. It gets old after a while. I think it would be better for everybody if we knew, but I'm not in charge, so I just go with the flow.
difference good maybe plays power shots stuff
Maybe there are going to be more shots because of power plays and stuff like that, ... It's a good thing. The more shots you get, the more difference you can make.
hate hates
Obviously, I hate shootouts. Every goalie hates it.
couple
A couple of times it was by my own players,
fell obviously sound
He made a sound and kind of fell down awkward. It's obviously not the way you want to go in.
chances good shooting stop taking
We've been getting some two-on-one chances or breakaways, but we're not taking the shots. We're shooting too much from the sides. Any goalie in the NHL is good enough to stop those.
beat effort
We were getting beat one-on-one. You've got to do your job. We didn't do our jobs. The effort just wasn't there.
plays power shots
You get a lot of power plays and you get a lot of shots you can't see,
business matter
We're not in the business of figure-skating. It doesn't matter if you do a little better tonight. You play for points, and we just didn't get it done.
playing season ups
We are not playing good. But it is a long season and there are always ups and downs.
cover easy few fortunate front game goals passes rebounds side
We didn't cover the slot. A lot of goals were off of rebounds or passes in front of the net. We have been on the fortunate side a few times this season, but you can't think any game is going to be an easy game.
mistake reality games
It was just a bad game. On the first goal, I just made a mistake and got scored on and it just snowballed from there. It happens sometimes. You don't want it, but it's the reality. I just have to refocus.