Brent Sutter
Brent Sutter
Brent Colin Sutteris a retired National Hockey Leagueplayer and former head coach of the New Jersey Devils and Calgary Flames. Selected by the New York Islanders 17th overall at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, Sutter played over 1,000 games for the Islanders and Chicago Blackhawks during his 18-year career. He won the Stanley Cup twice with the Islanders and was an All-Star. He represented Canada on numerous occasions, winning the Canada Cup three times...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth10 June 1962
drafted impressive man saw seen surprised time
I haven't seen anything that's surprised me, ... I saw him a lot before we drafted him. He's an impressive young man and an impressive young player. He's got a long way to go, but he's going to play in the NHL for a long time one day.
care deeply guidance guy involves job kick nicest pat provide
I'm not always going to be the nicest guy in the world, but I do care very deeply about my players. As a coach, your job is to provide guidance. Sometimes that involves a pat on the back and sometimes that involves a kick in the behind.
felt knew level needed
I knew that our level of play would get up to where it needed to be. I felt comfortable with it.
difference dropped hard played playing prior
Everyone, from our goaltender on out, played hard tonight. It was a big difference from the other night. Tonight, we played like we had been playing prior to Tuesday, when we dropped off a bit.
bones guys money stepped team three time took
I'm not making any bones about it: we have two or three guys who make a lot of money on this team, ... You know who they are and it's time they stepped up and took the team to another level.
call kinda sitting wondering
I'm kinda sitting here wondering what is a call and what isn't now.
biggest goals questioned score shut solid team whether
I never questioned whether we could score enough goals or not. My biggest thing from the get-go was: Can we be a solid enough team defensively to shut down our opposition?
everybody fed guy justin questioned seen year
I never questioned that he'd do it. I'd seen him so many times this year do it and Justin was the guy everybody fed off.
emotional intensity worried
I'm not worried at all about our intensity and emotional level.
everybody everywhere heard since talk
It's been the talk with everybody since the beginning. The fans. The media. We've heard it with everybody we've seen, everywhere we've been.
accomplish dressing everybody game goals means outside talk
It's been the talk of everybody outside our dressing room. This one game now means something because we've been able to accomplish our goals from then to now.
against confidence games good time
Any time you go through two games as we have and against two very good opponents, and we get goaltending like we did, it's huge. It's always a confidence builder, and even more so when you have a young team.
certainly rally team
They certainly rally around him. They're certainly a different team with him in their lineup.
believe good
We all know (Malkin) is a very good player. Well, we believe we have 22 good players.