These boys don’t like to do anything easy. I’m used to that.

I’d rather not have any options. I’d rather just have the right amount, but it’s good. In case anybody goes down, you’ve got people ready to go in. The thing that was nice is that...

I can’t ask for any more effort. We’re playing really hard. We’re just not scoring any goals.

The last-place thing doesn’t excite me. The thing that excites me is that we’ve won some games and gotten back on track.

I just think he thought the shot was going wide and obviously (the puck) found its way into the net.

You have to be in New Jersey in two hours. You have 10 minutes to pack.

But he had all of those experiences last year. And granted they were at the American Hockey League level, but those were still experiences at that level which was the highest level that there was....

He’s the guy who’s going to get rid of me eventually. You’re going to get released. It’s part of the job.

I look at the scoreboard (at the start of the game), and it’s 0-0. I look at their bench, and they’ve got 19 guys; our bench has 19 guys. Who wants it more? They had...

There’s a rhyme and a reason for why you have to do certain things against certain teams. We were doing a really good job and we just stopped. You can’t have that happen and expect...

We’ve done that in three or four of them. But they find a way to win and that’s why they’re up in first or second place.

We didn’t play well. Don’t get me wrong. But this was a much easier game for me tonight than the last two. We created some things. We had some good chances on the power play.

I’m excited about having the opportunity for the young kids to go up and play at the NHL level. Which is something that we missed last year that was part of the the minor-league experience....

It (the call) was tough when we’re struggling to score. Now, nobody wants to shoot the puck.

I think he’s looking to go play for an East Coast League team.

Alex probably should have had seven assists.

It was a good game, it was an exciting game. We gave the puck away too many times at different opportunities on the ice and then we didn’t get it out at other points and...

That’s OK. That’s the way he plays. You don’t want to get that type of penalty in there, but he’s a physical player who’s going to get a couple of penalties here and there.

They give chances all night long. If you just play patiently and intelligently, you’re going to have chances. Bury them, and you’ll win games. We didn’t do that. Portland plays a wide-open game because they’ve...