I think it’s a good situation that he’s around the guys and giving us a closer idea when he’ll be able to play.

The games get tougher every game. Closing out a team is the toughest. It is the toughest challenge you can face.

We expect it to get challenging,

Chris is coming to camp with a lot to prove. He’s healthy and he wasn’t quite right when we got him last year. He’s been fine. He got off to a good start and played...

I think with Al there was always this thought that he was just a slapshot. (But) he controlled the defensive zone, he was able to control the pace of the game, and he had the...

Obviously we have had a lot of momentum and things are going well. We weren’t good enough tonight and we’ve got to be better.

I think you get rewarded when you do a lot of things right.

This was like the Calgary game all over again – a brilliant comeback and we fell short.

That was the plan, yeah. He had some work this morning and I think it was an opportunity for us to get his feet wet, get him back in it. It’s been a while since...

He’s playing as well as he has in his career. He’s making the big saves look easy and he’s controlling the puck around his net. There haven’t been many goals that we think he should...

I thought we were pretty good and smart about it and aware of it.

We’re seeing him shoot a little bit more in that slot area. It’s nice knowing he will shoot and can shoot a little bit more.

We’ve stubbed our foot two nights in a row.

We certainly were resilient to get back into the game, but I didn’t like the ending.

He was against the odds as a player, a small guy in a big guy’s game, and he left it out on the rink every night. That’s the same way he approached the coaching profession...

It’s tough when you don’t need a lot of goals to win and don’t. But we did get three out of four points this weekend, and we’re tied for first place.

The tradition of the Avalanche organization of winning and playing so well in the playoffs is what it’s all about. The standards that are in place are something that we’ve got to strive to achieve.

As of right now, we get to watch him and get into that a bit later, around nine or 10 (games).

I liked out chances going (into the shootout). Peter had an outstanding game and got us a point. The shootout, it was fun to see one that was meaningful, but Peter was the story.

It’s always great to see some of your friends and some of the people you were with for a lot of years. It’s a special game and a special day, but we’re just trying to...

I thought we played hard and got ourselves back in the game. We stayed with it to the end.

He has shown great upside and we were impressed with both his performance and his progress. I am convinced that this was a very positive learning experience for him and he definitely has a bright...

He’s been very confident. He really matured last year in Hershey. Game to game, he was outstanding and very consistent, patient. He’s got great work habits. His developmental growth gives him a chance to make...

That’s tough to measure. I know you have (Olympians) staying sharp (during the break), and then not getting the rest. There’s probably a fine line in saying who’s got the advantage. Let’s play and find...

That’s not the recipe for success. We were lucky both games. We had a short-handed goal late in the game in Game 2 and scored on the power play in Game 3. Being down a...

He looks a little more comfortable each and every day. He’s progressed well and gotten to know the culture. I think it’s helped his game.

The end was not really indicative of the game tonight and I would like to focus on what we did during the game. Our special teams had a lot of good things happen. Certainly what...

He’s had a tremendous year, I’ll tell you,

It’s one day at a time.

I think you saw there’s still something to the rivalry.

He could be a real nice fit for our team because you can use him in a variety of ways. The opportunity is there for him. He’s got some NHL experience, and he played well...

We just thought it was a good time to put (Theodore) in the lineup to make him a part of the game. I wanted to change the momentum of the game and get his feet...

He’s moving well, and he’s finding the puck. And outside of his net, he’s working with his [defense] well. He’s definitely healthy and you can see the way he’s in control.

I think (Laperriere) gets noticed with how well he can check, but I think, offensively, he’s got some ability to make plays,

That type of team, we’ve got to play a perfect game against to win and we didn’t.

I was very upset with the way we began. We were under siege there in the first period. Down 3-0 going to the third, it doesn’t look good. But we could have easily gotten a...

He had some momentum going on his side. I think he played very well and gave us a chance to win.

He’s got a great track record of being an excellent coach. When you look at the whole package, he’s a very passionate, strong-minded guy with a great opinion on the game.

You’re not trying to trip him there, you’re trying to get the puck. It’s all instincts; it’s reactionary at that stage.

I think it makes everybody around the group more solid, you get better opportunities to assess your talent and your team, and they get exposed to situations that maybe they wouldn’t have been able to...

Goals four and five were unacceptable. You don’t give up goals in the last minute of the period. And our play at the end of the game we were sloppy. Really sloppy.

It’s a huge loss, … He’s one of the top scorers in the game, an elite player. He’s a valuable weapon on your top scoring line and on your power play. Hopefully, he’s progressing well...

That’s a tough loss. He’s had such a tremendous year with that consistency and jumping over the boards every shift with his intensity and emotion.

He put on a clinic. We certainly don’t want to give him that type of exposure again, but we liked how he played.

We definitely played a desperate team. You can really tell it was a meaningful game on their end of it.

To get the opportunity to play for your country is a privilege and honor. Being exposed to the quality of hockey that will be there will be special for them. It’s an experience that they...

We’ll see. He was kind of iffy (Sunday) morning. We’ll see how he presents in the next day or so.

We finished strong in Game 3 and hope it carries over to Game 4. Our mind-set is we have to have to win this game.

It certainly didn’t hurt knowing that we were together all year,

He’s a threat every night. He’s got jump, he’s got energy. I think that’s a great compliment for a young kid: knowing that each and every night (the team is) getting something from him.