Nikolai Khabibulin
Nikolai Khabibulin
Nikolai Ivanovich Khabibulinis a Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Known by the nickname The Bulin Wall, he spent the majority of his playing career in the National Hockey Leaguewith the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks, Tampa Bay Lightning and Edmonton Oilers...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth13 January 1973
chance good score
When you score all of them, there's a good chance you're going to win.
worst
I have to get better. The worst thing to do is get frustrated.
game home job tough
I have to do a better job of controlling (the puck). I really wanted to do well. Home openers are usually a tough game to play.
blame puck
He's right. That puck shouldn't go in. I'll take the blame for that one.
blocked front good guys overtime played
When you play well right from the start, you feel better, ... I think guys in front of me played (well), especially in overtime they blocked a lot of shots. It was a very good effort.
best control great nice places trades turn until
Trades are part of the business. I have no real control over that. I don't want to go anywhere. It'd be nice to be here until the end of my career. This is a great place to be. I think we're going to turn it around, and when we do, this will be one of the best places to play in the NHL.
couple played
I thought we outplayed them, for the most part. We played well enough to win, but a couple of mistakes.
again guys kept panicked
When they scored their first goal, we panicked a little bit. Then they scored again and got back in the game. The guys kept us in the game.
best points
I don't think it was my best game, but we got the two points and that's what matters,
anticipate depends
It depends on who it is. If you don't know the guy, you have to be patient. Otherwise, you can anticipate his move.
games hockey step winning
Winning hockey games when we don't play well, that's a step forward.
became core good guys matured players stayed
I think the most important thing was that the core of the players stayed the same, ... A lot of the guys matured and became very good players.
needed save worst
That was a save I needed to make to keep us in it. I didn't make it, but the worst thing is to get frustrated.
goes tough unlucky
That's the way it goes right now. Those are tough to take. The only way is up now. How much more unlucky can we get?