I am ticked. I am ticked at what's happening there, because I thought our team played very well tonight, and this has gone on for quite a while. And I'm not up here trying to rip anybody apart, but let's be honest about what's going on here. It's getting old. We're going nowhere until that situation is straightened out.
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I'm not going to bulls--- you we're in a tough situation. We're down 3-1 to a real quality hockey team.
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At this time of the year there is no sense of dwelling or feeling bad about what just happened. It's about answering. That's our quest for tonight is having the right answer. If we don't, then we put ourselves in a pretty major hole in a seven-game series. But I have no doubt about the team as far as how they have answered in certain situations. I believe we will get the right one tonight. That's all we are looking to do. You can't get too far ahead. We are looking to win one game.
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You can't find your big guys playing against probably one of the best teams right now, guess what's going to happen. We can't have guys lying in the weeds - our best players - in games against the best teams in the league. They need to be front and centre, and they're not.
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