John LeClair
John LeClair
John Clark LeClairis a retired American professional ice hockey player who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguewith the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins. With the Flyers, LeClair became the first American-born player to score 50 goals in three consecutive NHL seasons while playing on the Legion of Doom line with Eric Lindros and Mikael Renberg. LeClair was a member of the Montreal Canadiens' Stanley Cup winning team in 1993...
atmosphere games hang morale team win
Right now, any win is really big for us. Team morale has been pretty low, and it's important for us to win games and get that atmosphere going around here. We know that we can play the right way and hang on to a lead.
happiness happy played saturday
We weren't happy with the way we played Saturday and we're still not happy.
good key passes
We did a lot of good things tonight. We did some things right like make the passes and take all the bounces our way. Getting the bounces was the big key tonight.
hit knew
I don't even think Yashin knew he hit the puck.
affected anyone associated experience guys handle talks team
Obviously, I've never been associated with a team for sale, that kind of thing, and I don't think many guys have. I don't think anyone has any experience on how to handle something like that. But it hasn't affected us. I don't think anyone even talks about it.
confident couple healthy pass quite stuff swing takes talked test tough until work
We've talked about how it's tough getting back in the swing of things the first couple of games. You're not quite up to speed. That stuff takes time. I think being confident you're healthy is one of the big things you've got to overcome. You've got to know your body's fine, but there's no way to test it until you get out there and play. Once you pass that test, things work well.
behind ourselves tough work
We really got to work on making ourselves accountable earlier. We put ourselves behind the eight-ball and it makes it a tough game.
everybody game good team
I think everybody understands that (Saturday's game) is not the way we can perform, it's not acceptable, and it's over with. There's nothing we can do about it now. The only thing we can do is have a good game (today) and show that that wasn't our team on Saturday.
everybody mature shift tough watching
I think he can be a superstar. Everybody is watching him, but he handles it so well. It's tough when everyone is watching you on every shift ... but he's very mature for his age.
exactly hard mark moves pittsburgh sell
Mark didn't exactly have to sell me hard on Pittsburgh at all. The Penguins, after all the moves they had made, weren't really a hard sell.
superstar
He's going to be a superstar in this league.
good great help job knows learn opportunity played superstar
He's going to be a real good player, a superstar in this league. It's a great opportunity for him to learn what's going on, on and off the ice. He's played a lot of hockey, so I think he knows when and where he's got to be careful. It's everybody's job to help him out.
ensure harder work
We're all kind of embarrassed by it. We know that's not the way we have to perform. But it's over. There's nothing you can do about it now. All it can do is ensure we work harder and do things better this time.
heard
I haven't heard anything and haven't put a whole lot of thought into it.