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...
last miss moved news opportunity players step talented team treating valuable veterans week
Any team would miss valuable players like Z and Ash. We're treating today's news the same way we approached last week when we moved some veterans for prospects. This is another opportunity for very talented young players to step up.
ahead defensive guys individual missing nights offense season team throughout work
What I think was missing this season was the team-first mentality. Some nights our defensive work was good, on others, our offense was good. But we need 20 guys to put the team ahead of individual accolades, and I don't think we had that throughout the season.
miss
To tell you the truth, I'm going to kind of miss them.
body front hard seen shooting stick team ton worked
They worked to get into those shooting lanes, they worked to get a body part or a stick in front of the shots. It's how they've had success. They have a ton of skill, but they also work as hard as any team we've seen this year.
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It was a crazy day. I tip my hat to the players. It isn't easy playing in that environment. ... It's a great opportunity for me. The experience I'm going to go through here no matter what happens will help me in my hockey career.
believe believing difference good looked saw start team
It looked like what we pictured from this team at the start of the season. The difference is believing in ourselves. We saw a lot of good signs.
time totally
At this time of year, it's totally unacceptable to get outworked. I thought that's what happened, especially the first 20 minutes.
carry exactly ice
That's exactly who we didn't want to have carry it down the ice on a 2-on-1.
dangerous hockey line mesh speed together type
That's a lot of skill, a lot of speed and a lot of hockey smarts all on one line. They mesh pretty well together and they're the type of line that should be dangerous every night.
eyes opened
Around the league, we've opened some eyes with what we've done.
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.
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.
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.