Mike Barnett
Mike Barnett
entire guys hoping quick rules seasons six
He's one of the quick guys in the entire sport. Six 30-goal seasons and two 40-goal seasons, and with the new rules we're hoping that he can get to being a 30-goal scorer here.
both competition expect handed minutes welcome
They both welcome the competition for minutes and don't expect to have anything handed to them.
expect ice monday
We expect he'll be back on the ice by the weekend, Monday by the latest.
backs best building captain critical ideal leadership night players role seized seriously situation takes team year
Doan seized upon the opportunity. The ideal situation is when you have a captain who not only takes on the off-ice leadership role seriously as he has, but backs it up each and every night on the ice. And he and our two goaltenders have been our best players all year long. The accountability they have to each other is really something big that is building every week, and it's critical if you are going to have any team success.
backs best building captain critical ideal leadership night players role seized seriously situation takes team year
Doan seized upon the opportunity, ... The ideal situation is when you have a captain who not only takes on the off-ice leadership role seriously as he has, but backs it up each and every night on the ice. And he and our two goaltenders have been our best players all year long. The accountability they have to each other is really something big that is building every week, and it's critical if you are going to have any team success.
gretzky head interested last obviously spoke step wayne
I spoke with Wayne Gretzky last night. There's obviously speculation that he will step in and be our head coach. I know he's still very interested in the position.
hurrying injury position type
That type of injury at that position is one you don't even think about hurrying along.
bouncing good
You're bouncing around way too good out there.
bird great job philosophy plane playing reflected style talking team wayne
On the plane home, Wayne went to great lengths talking about how great a job Bird was doing, and about how the team was playing a style that reflected his own philosophy as a player,
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Now we're really seeing even the byproduct of the style that he's comfortable with and the confidence that comes from winning. We're achieving the success as a team that comes from 23 guys paying attention to team defense. We're not taking anything from what Brian has remarkably been able to accomplish, because it's extraordinarily hard to get a shutout, period, let alone to think of four in a row. But it really is an entire roster sacrificing anything and everything needed to get in front of pucks or deflect pucks or controlling positions defensively to be aware of taking away scoring opportunities.
bona brian confident doubt leading playoff role seeing
There was never any doubt that we wanted Brian back in the fold. We feel confident that Brian can play an important and leading role in seeing us become a bona fide playoff club.
blue cut game help line past puck traffic
There isn't a better goaltender in the game right now. Period. And from my perspective, there hasn't been for the past two years. He's just very, very comfortable with his game and now he's getting the help from our blue line to cut down on the traffic and to let him see the puck as often as possible.
blue cut game help line past puck traffic
There isn't a better goaltender in the game right now, ... Period. And from my perspective, there hasn't been for the past two years. He's just very, very comfortable with his game and now he's getting the help from our blue line to cut down on the traffic and to let him see the puck as often as possible.
age mix mobility seven style weapons
We like the mix of the seven we have now. Some of their weapons are their mobility and their skill, and in the others, it's their physicality. They're not all the same style or the same age or of the same background.