Tim Taylor
Tim Taylor
both clear coach coaching darn gnawing gosh issue lost plain playing position scoring talks team win winning
Obviously, the big issue is we're not winning any gosh darn games. It's gnawing at us as a team and a coaching staff. I don't like to be a coach that talks about playing well if we're not winning, but we've got goaltending that put us in position to win both games. The plain clear thing is that we've lost the scoring touch.
case chances goals guys injuries less line messed scoring stick
We're not getting any less scoring chances than when we were scoring 3.5 goals a game. We've had some injuries that have messed up the line combinations, but that is not an excuse. I think now sometimes it's a case of the guys squeezing on the stick a little too tight.
bit clean goal good lost playing power scoring winning
I think we have to clean up the little things ... the little things that made us a real good team. That's winning all the loose-puck battles. Killing that big penalty. Scoring the big goal on the power play. We've lost a little bit of that. We're playing well, but not well enough.
capable defend double figures four guys harder honestly prefer putting rather scoring teams three
Honestly I would prefer that not to happen. I would much rather have three or four guys averaging in double figures than to have one or two putting up big points. It just makes it that much harder for teams to defend you when you've get three or four guys that are capable of scoring points.
bought looked past practice talked
We talked about getting better in practice from day one. They bought into it and we never looked past anyone.
continue defense far hard improve improving playing team
We have to continue to improve on our team chemistry. We also have to keep improving on our defense and keep playing as hard as we have so far this season.
game hands mistakes seconds seven
We had the game in our hands with seven seconds left. If we don't make mistakes, we win.
control fault figure game goal next past solution sure time useless whose winning
It would be useless to try to come up with an explanation or a solution to the past two games. We have to figure out what we are going to do for the next game and how we are going to come out and play. We can't look around and say whose fault it is on this goal or on that goal. It's time to just make sure we go out and take control of our own destiny, and that's by winning two games.
damage everybody glad help
It was unbelievable down there. The damage that was done, we're just glad we got to go down there and help everybody that was in need of our help.
answered both doubt questions
There's some questions surrounding both teams, no doubt. They'll be answered in the first round.
drives forcing goals stopping team
We have (defensive) team goals, ... Our goals are stopping yards, stopping long drives and forcing turnovers.
finally healthy injury last seen since starting stroke time
Bradley is finally starting to get healthy after that injury he had last Monday. I told him it had been a long time since we've seen that stroke come back.
power
You get a power play and you think, 'We get one here, the door's shut. But the way things are going for us, we will take the two points.
determined lose rather
You'd rather lose 6-1 or 6-2; that way you're embarrassed and you want to come back. If you lose 3-2 or 4-2, you're not as determined to come back.