2008--09-devils-postgame Stories - In Lou We Trust
"In the playoffs, it’s important to be composed and I think we got out of the funk that we were in...
"In the playoffs, it’s important to be composed and I think we got out of the funk that we were in and we did a good job and we all did it together. It wasn’t one guy that took us out of the hole we were in. Everybody chipped in and now we’re looking forward." Martin Brodeur after the game...
"We felt we were building something for a couple of games. This is a setback. We've got to get back...
"We felt we were building something for a couple of games. This is a setback. We've got to get back at it." Brendan Shanahan sums up the loss with respect to the Devils' recent games (source: Gulitti). Will they get back at it on Thursday?
Fun Facts about Last Night's Win
Tom Gulitti has put together a list of interesting facts about last night's win. (And he has this one from a prior post: Brodeur has only come in for relief 12 times in his career - his first since 1998) Here's the most important one: The Devils clinch the Atlantic with a win tonight and a Flyers...
"These are the mistakes that you talk about all year and you can get away with it at certain...
"These are the mistakes that you talk about all year and you can get away with it at certain times," Sutter said. "You might get away with it at the 30, 40, 50-game mark. Like I was telling the guys, 'You're not going to get away with it in March and April. And if you keep doing it, you won't see...
"I'm annoyed. I'm not worried, I'm annoyed to see us playing like this when we're a better team...
"I'm annoyed. I'm not worried, I'm annoyed to see us playing like this when we're a better team than this on the road. At home, we've been fine. It's just our habits on the road. We've got to get that same attitude back on the road that we have at home. We had it before these last nine games,...
"I'm not happy with it," Devils coach Brent Sutter said. "You can't have three wins out of eight on...
"I'm not happy with it," Devils coach Brent Sutter said. "You can't have three wins out of eight on the road and think you're satisfied with it. I'm not. We've got to be a better road team. We have to start finding ways to win. It's not like we haven't played well on the road. It's just that...
" Yeah, of course. I'm pretty ticked off. It's a tough loss. I didn't want to lose here. We wanted...
" Yeah, of course. I'm pretty ticked off. It's a tough loss. I didn't want to lose here. We wanted to keep our thing rolling. I take the game seriously, so I'm pretty disappointed about the loss." Kevin Weekes is understandably not happy with tonight's 4-2 loss to Carolina, according to Rich Chere....
"The elbow was great. Even playing the puck I didn't feel anything."
"The elbow was great. Even playing the puck I didn't feel anything." Via Chere, Brodeur answers a question about his elbow. Again, I repeat: he's back.
"Unacceptable."
"Unacceptable." Via Chere, Bobby Holik's terse thought on tonight's 4-0 loss to the Islanders. Well, it's not like Holik could have done anything about it...oh, wait...
Quickie Thought: Devils battle Blues, Go to the Net and Win
As always, link goes to the NHL.com recap. The Blues played a very tough, fiesty game of hockey. Much of the game was shift after shift with players battling for the puck. Lots of credit goes to the Blues to finding and capitalizing on opportunities to score three goals: Brad Boyes' on the...
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