Jeff Halpern
Jeff Halpern
Jeffrey Craig Halpernis an American former professional ice hockey player...
entertain fans game paid quite
That's not quite accurate. There are still things to play for. You're still getting paid to play, this is still a game where you try to entertain the fans so you try to go hard.
cake expecting game goal period played playing power
You never go into a game expecting a cake walk. I thought we played well enough to win. But again, the power play didn't come through in the first period on the 5-on-3. Then, they get that power play goal and we're playing catch-up.
anywhere cause chaos door knowledge opens pass somebody trying
Somebody is trying to pass something they have no knowledge about, and it will cause chaos. It opens up the door to recruiting. You can go anywhere without any restrictions or consequences.
fast guys hooking wrap
You have to be fast now. You used to be able to get by with hooking and holding. Not now. You can't wrap guys up the way it was in the past.
chance game gave half
We had a chance, we were up 3-0 with half the game done. We gave them a chance to come back.
goal start tried
When we've been down a goal at the start of the third, we've tried to make too much happen,
business company core delivered earnings fourth high momentum people quality saw worse
I think when you look at what the company delivered for the fourth quarter, what you saw was significantly worse momentum in the core business than I think people were expecting. It was not a high quality earnings quarter.
gave respect result room time
If anything, it was more us than Thornton. We gave him too much respect and as a result he had room to operate. We can't give him that much time and space.
determined evidence paperwork smell
From the preponderance of evidence in their paperwork alone, we determined that there was too much going on that didn't smell right.
cut definitely eyes happy mistakes
We made some mistakes at the end by pressing a bit. When it's 5-1, guys' eyes got a little big. We need to cut down on those mistakes, and we will. There's definitely some things we need to do better, but I was happy with a lot of things as well.
adam advantage games hunter invaluable job looked steve talk took year
I always looked up to those guys, ... I was able to have Dale Hunter to talk to my first year when he had a job in the organization. Just being able to talk to him after games and after practices, it was an invaluable experience. And to play with Adam Oates and Steve Konowalchuk, there was a lot to learn. Hopefully, I took advantage of that.
control games gotten quit
I don't think there's any quit in our group, even in the games that have gotten out of control at the end.
question
I don't think there's any question what I should do,
erase four games goals guy next type
He's still getting chances. I know as well as anyone, goalies are good. You are not always going to score. He's the type of guy who can go out and get four goals the next two games and erase the drought.