Mike Sullivan
Mike Sullivan
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He has made huge strides in a tremendous rookie season. He has taken advantage of our personnel changes and is a big piece of our nucleus going forward.
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He has worked extremely hard to get himself back into condition to play after being in a position where he almost died in that accident,
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He got hit with a shot in the second period. He played through it, but when you take your skate off, that's when the swelling occurs. His X-ray was negative, so nothing is broken. It's really a matter of getting the swelling down, and then it's a question of pain tolerance. It's hard to say where he stands. There's a possibility he'll be fine.
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We have a handful of guys right there who are knocking on the door. How that plays out remains to be seen, but that will be something we will try to manage on a day-to-day or a week-to-week basis. We will certainly have some difficult decisions to make.
ask both games given last opportunity points
We've got points out of the last two games. I think (Thomas) has given us the opportunity to do that both games and that's all you can ask out of your goaltender.
deserved fate fought obviously stretch tough
We are obviously going through a tough time, but we are going in the right direction. We really competed down the stretch and fought our way back. I thought we deserved a better fate.
execute power
We didn't execute on the power play and that was the difference.
crazy evaluate guys
I don't know how to evaluate tonight. I said to our guys there were just so many fluky goals, crazy penalties.
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He's an older guy who's played a lot of hockey in a lot of different leagues and for him to persevere and to be persistent with his career and strive to get to the NHL I think is a compliment to his character. He's certainly taken advantage of an opportunity and he has been a key ingredient in us having some success in the last few weeks.
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He's an exciting player to watch. I think he's going to have a pretty bright career in this league. For as young as he is, he sure is dynamic.
coming heart
We showed a lot of heart by coming back.
answered hope
I hope I answered that. I just don't want to be premature. We're excited, that's the point.
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That he is here is a testament to the kind of guy he is, and we're thrilled that he is here.