Pat Quinn Quotes on Night (15 Quotes)

I hated it tonight and I hated it that night.

We wanted to play a European game today, just all kinds of East-West and not North-South in our game. The Swiss team came to work. ... At the end of the night, they probably got a just reward.

Everybody believes it is going to settle down as far as minutes go (coming from special teams play). You do get concerned when you have five games in seven nights.

Do you remember what happened the night of March 23

I just felt we needed to make a change tonight. He (Belfour) wanted to fight his way through that game (in Ottawa). I said fine that night, but tonight I just made the change.

Our defensive zone coverage cost us the other night (against Ottawa) and it cost us tonight,

The decision last night was that we would maybe go with a more experienced guy, even though he's been playing up front, in that spot. It's as simple as that.

It had more to do with the fact that that lineup won the other night. He's not going to be staying out. He'll be back in the lineup soon. We expect him to make a big contribution for us.

I kind of wished it was there last night, too.

We played a lot better, so that has to be looked at as an improvement, especially over Saturday night.

They're not where they are (in the standings) because they don't compete or show up to play. You can bet they'll be ready to go Monday night.

We played a lot better and so that has to be looked at as an improvement, especially over Saturday night. We weren't that bad in the other games but it was not good enough to win, I guess. But the effort was better.

We had a lot of good things and at the end of the night (goalie) Eddie (Belfour) was good, we got a win and that's the bottom line.

We figured 3-0, this is going to be a real nice night. I'm going to fatten up and I don't have to work and we're going to get lots of points. We end up getting squat.

I think the idea as a coach is you put out a lineup that can win that night. The present is more important than the future. You try to put the guys out there who will get us one more victory.