Randy Carlyle Quotations | Page 2

I just felt on a whim that this would be a situation when he would get in there and give us an opportunity to win. It was just a gut feeling of a coach.

In playoffs and critical games, specialty teams are usually the difference-maker.

He came back with fire in his eyes, and that's what you expect out of an athlete. I was just expecting him to give us one of his best, and that's really what you expect every night.

Our work ethic was there. We got the opportunity on the power play and took advantage of them.

Other teams are enjoying more power plays than we are, ... I don't understand how they can call the number of power plays called against us for simple infractions. It's beyond my belief we're as bad as taking ... was it nine?

Training camp's not fun, especially the first day. It's not supposed to be fun. It's about work. We understand that the players are getting a first opportunity to be put through their paces, and our work ethic and our commitment to conditioning will be very, very hard.

I don't like to individually make comments about players, when it's from a negative point. The assessment I look at is, he wasn't as sharp as he needed to be and our team wasn't as sharp as it needed to be.

I believe Brian's philosophies as a general manager mesh perfectly with my style as a coach, ... As a team, we will be marked by aggressive play and an up-tempo, offensive minded system.

It does stretch the road trip out because then we go to Ottawa and sit there for two days before we play again, but we felt it was one of those things we should do.

Our players deserve the credit. They took the responsibility. We got down 3-1, we battled back. We found a way.