Brad Shaw
Brad Shaw
Bradley William Shawis a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. Shaw was an assistant coach for the St. Louis Blues from 2006 to 2016...
aware changes contract couple depth good guys last next ourselves playing trying work
Mentally, the last couple of games, we were all aware of the situation. I don't think it changes a thing. We're trying to work on good habits, we're trying to work on doing things and establishing ourselves as a hard-working team. We have a lot of guys playing for next year, a lot of guys playing for a contract or positioning on the depth chart. We have a lot of guys with a lot to play for. So I don't know if it changes anything for us.
couple great lately line lost momentum regain turned
What they've done for us lately is when we've had a couple of shifts where we haven't done things well and lost momentum, they've been a great line to regain that momentum or at least get it turned around. You know what you're going to get for the most part every shift.
bench builder couple heard momentum season
I heard a couple of 'Oh, nos' on the bench the way the season has gone. So that was a big momentum builder for us.
gave guys handful played
This roller-coaster thing doesn't work. We had only a handful of guys who played to expectations and gave to the team.
miss
To tell you the truth, I'm going to kind of miss them.
bad left pairs putting team together trying
Without Zhitnik in there it left a hole. We were kind of putting pairs together and trying to see what worked. It's a bad team to be trying to do that against.
games win
We feel like we probably have to get to the 90s. But we can't win 10 out of 12 games in one night.
best hockey role seen tried
Every role we've tried him out in, he's excelled. He's just playing, by far, the best hockey I've seen him play.
compete hard ready seemed surprise
We seemed tentative. It did surprise me. I thought we were ready to go. We didn't compete as hard as we should have.
rewarded
We wanted to come out skating. We did, but didn't get rewarded for it. We generated a lot of chances, but just didn't put them in the net.
few heat next puts ready
We need to be ready to play. (This loss) puts a lot of heat on us over the next few games.
bit point team teams
We feel we can do it. We feel that we've got a lot of firepower on this team and teams can underestimate us at this point . . . We've all got a little bit to prove.
assistant chance coach gave guy knowing last sleep tough
I didn't get much sleep last night. It was tough knowing you had a part in getting out of here a guy who gave you a chance to be an assistant coach at this level.
closer maintain needed points seven team
I'd like to maintain the team we have and see what we can do with it. I think we needed to be closer than seven points away to realistically keep this team together.