Barry Trotz Work Quotations

There were a couple of times I thought they could've changed the course of my situation. But they've worked through it with us and I think that's made us a better organization.

He's just got to work his way back in and he's a dangerous player for us. He'll have a big impact as the series goes on.

Chris did a real good job of preparing himself. That is a tribute to his work ethic. It is very difficult to not play for such a long time and then come in and be as sharp as he was. Things don't happen in practice the same way they happen in games. It was really important for our guys to play well in front of him.

This group wants to get better. That's a sign of maturity. But we have to keep everything in perspective. We have to retain our work ethic and work on our speed and structure.

I never thought of taking Tomas out of the game. He needed to work through this in terms of conditioning. Tomas didn't see three of the goals they scored because our defensemen were screening him. We created the traffic in front of Tomas.