Randy Carlyle
Randy Carlyle
Randolph Robert Carlyleis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks and formerly the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was raised in Azilda, just northwest of Sudbury, Ontario. He won the Stanley Cup in 2007 with the Ducks during his first stint with the team. As a player, Carlyle dressed for over 1000 games between the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets, winning...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 April 1956
CityGreater Sudbury, Canada
It's disturbing. Columbus played yesterday in L.A., and they had more life and jump than we did in the first, probably 25 minutes. We have to find a way to take responsibility for that.
We did not compete at our best level. I thought that they wanted it more than we did and they went out and played that way. The bottom line is we have to prepare ourselves for more of a team effort than we got from our group tonight.
We played a lot harder tonight than we have in a lot of our games, particularly on the road.
We didn't have much going other than the fact we scored a couple power play goals. We did not compete at our best level. I thought they wanted it more than we did and they went out and played that way.
This is the worst game we've played in a long time. But was it the worst game we played or the best game they played? They did some things that forced us out of our comfort zone, for sure.
I thought we didn't play 60 minutes, we played about 50 minutes.
Our relationship goes back a long way. Our kids played minor hockey together in Winnipeg. There are roots there.
I didn't think we played very well. For whatever reason, we seemed to struggle with the puck. We didn't react. We were frustrated by our lack of offensive punch. We had some chances, but we didn't have any finish.
For some of these players who haven't played for some 16 months, it shows that there's a commitment to preparation and that's always a positive.
Is it the end of the world? No, they're up 2-1 in the series. The bottom line is we have to prepare ourselves for more of a team effort than we got from our group.
The result is the biggest negative. Our effort was good, we had chances, but we just didn't bury the puck.
Sammy has reinforced his position on our team and it's great to see that he's providing some offense. Does he want to be a five-goal scorer? Or a 10-goal scorer? Or a 15- to 20-goal scorer? He's proving he wants to be the latter.
Our expectations are that we're going to try to play an uptempo game, and our players seem to have responded positively to that.
Our execution level was nowhere near where it needed to be,