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«You guys are expecting me to win matches like this. The guy is ranked 20 places in front of me, is a much better player than me. It's difficult for me to go out there and try and perform to the best that I can when I'm expected to win all these matches.»

«The effort was fine. I can't fault our players for their effort. We just have to play a little smarter.»

«I mean none of the teenagers played well. I think we?re not going to play well every week ? even Federer, it took him a while before he started to play as well as he is now.»

«I can't fault our players for their effort. Mathieu takes a shot off the shoulder tonight and it seems to be a symptom of what's going on for us right now. ... We're banged up right now, but we've still got to get points and we've still got to provide entertainment for the people in the building.»

«I thought we played pretty well, we did have chances in the first and we were a break up in the second, but they were very experienced and they put the balls in the right place.»

«Our team worked hard, we are thoroughly disappointed we didn't get the two points that was there for us. That's two games here at home that we've lost the game in the last seconds to the Sharks.»

«They're both young guys whose credentials in (AHL) are very similar, ... I believe in playing the goalie that's getting it done for you. The right response is to say (neither) will play 82 games. Maybe one will play 81, but that's just a way of saying we're going to play the best goalie.»

«They play structurally so well and work so hard. That was our theme all day. We had to match their work ethic. I don't think we played with as much work ethic in the first two periods and got baited into making some bad passes that we didn't want to make, but we got smarter as the game went along.»

«We gave up a breakaway when we tried a backhand pass from about 60 feet that doesn't make a lot of sense. We're all accountable, including myself.»

«We've been hit hard already this year, ... And really there's nothing we can do about it. Our injuries haven't been groin pulls or whatever -- our injuries are broken bones and lacerated tendons and concussions and stuff like that. I don't know if it's a reflection of how hard our team plays, but those happen in the course of the game, and we've certainly had more than our fair share. You have to think that's going to even up for us pretty soon and we'll have faced everything we possibly can.»