Bryan Murray Quotes (138 Quotes)

He battles and he's competitive. But he doesn't have to clear waivers and if 12 teams are looking at (Schubert), you're going to have a decision to make.

Washington came out hard today and played very forcible, aggressive and really chased the puck.

I thought we were over-trying. I thought in the second that, once we got behind, we kind of ran around and tried to do too much individually.

He's on our top line, he's going to get a great opportunity here,

He was in here (yesterday) and he was feeling much better, but we're going to have to wait and see.

We lose an important guy in our lineup, but life goes on. Hockey doesn't take priority all the time.

They're quick and fast. They attack very aggressively, stretching the defense with the long pass, and their defensemen are very willing to join the rush, and if they don't pass they're willing to skate and attack and that leads to good defense.

I've got (Kelly) there because I want him to give support defensively to two of our best offensive players.

We didn't get any goals and that was the bottom line. They had a power play tonight and we didn't. That was really the difference in the game.

We're trying to get Anton to play the left side a little more so he plays to his strength. This also gives us a physical presence with Brian.

It was like a pond hockey game through the neutral zone.

I thought Ray played fine. When you don't win, you can look at whatever you want but Ray was one of our better players.

Fisher is an awfully good skater, a little better than I thought he was.

You've got to like a kid like that because he is able to do those things and he's so versatile for you. He becomes a very important part of what happens on the hockey team.

a pretty good team. But you can only control what you do. I just hope we play well and that the people who pick us to be a good team, I hope they're rewarded.

I think that over the course of a playoff run, using a lot of players should be of value. I've always thought that playing more players makes a difference.

That was the only time I didn't start them (killing a penalty). They are really doing a job. Being in the underdog role might be to their benefit.

He was gone for X-rays, so I'm not really sure at this stage what it is. It did swell up a little bit, so it's a little bit scary for Peter, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

That's a (crappy) way to lose a good hockey game, I'll tell you that. I thought it was a very good game by two good clubs.

Ray looked like he was hurting a bit. He was stretching after every whistle. We'll give him (today) off and see how he is after that.

He felt like he couldn't take a deep breath and that comes with a deep bruise. We're hoping that's all. He went to get checked at the hospital and they'll do the X-rays and everything they have to do, but I don't have any other report.

Obviously, without him, we had a tough time getting the puck out of our own end.

We were more passive in the first two games. We allowed too much time and space for some of their more skilled players to attack us. Tonight, we were quicker and tried to challenge more.

I guess winning creates more winning. I was looking at the guys on the bench and wondering, 'Who the heck is going to score tonight' In the latter part of the game, it was not our most creative group left. You just have to keep plugging away. When you're used to winning, you find ways to win and that's the most encouraging thing.

I didn't want him to give up five or six. We've got a lot of big games ahead.

This is something he wants to do. It's something his family wants him to do. He's a big plus, obviously. It's a major crisis that happened in his life. He's a young man who's close to his family. He cares so much for this hockey team. I believe he'll come in and do his best.

I thought we played much better defensively.

Do you want to lose 5-1 or 3-2 in a tough game Either way, it's a loss, ... We put them on their heels real quick, but they stormed back.

I'm a guy who likes to have a plan, ... Is he going to play 40, 50 or 60 games Does he want to play more These are all things that I have to discuss with him.

It seems like it has been a long time ... We're all excited about getting back on the ice, ... The game is what this is all about. This is the exciting part of the job.

After they got ahead 3-1, Luongo made some big saves.

Most importantly, we got our game back in order. I thought we were outstanding.

I thought tonight we were quicker and we tried to challenge more. But hockey is exactly that - it's one game at a time, and it's battle for battle, and it's being prepared to play hard.

I thought he played real good. The way he moves the puck is something. That pass he made to Alfredsson coming off the bench ... he just played a real solid game. He'll be a real important guy for us in the playoffs.

I just said to our coaches he looks like a real intelligent player. Whoever plays with him is going to be looked after because he can find the open man.

When you make mistakes against good teams, they come back to haunt you. We got careless with the puck.

Certainly coming in here I thought we had focused pretty well. Then right off the bat we get behind and it was a little bit of an uphill struggle well into the second period.

Tonight I thought as we got going we got frustrated. It was not a normal game, but still we got lots of chances to be in close.