Any time you give up shorthanded goals, it sucks the air right out of you, ... You're setting up the power play and then the other team comes back and scores on you, that's tough for any team.
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You watch how teams are defending it. Do they play a box or a diamond? Do they come after you or sit back?
The guys know they have to be going when they're out there and if you work like that, sometimes you get a turnover and can do something with it.
That's the game now. You can do those things because it's wide open.
We won't talk to the guys until (today). There's pressure. These guys are playing for jobs. If Adam comes back, they're playing to stay on the team. We don't know if Adam will be back. It's a day-to-day thing.
Penalty killing is just hard work.
They have a good team. They are a different team. The trades they made have worked out for them. Everyone forgets that these are young kids and what happened before was very disruptive for them. What they needed to do is move on. That's what life is all about, moving on. They've done it.
You have to get it in their zone and get it set up quick. Puck possession is important. You have to pass it.
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