Marc Crawford Quotations

Only if it's the wrong message. I know it wasn't wrong.

Of course it's alarming, we wouldn't be human if we weren't a little upset about this. We were far too sloppy and we didn't play with the urgency we needed. We got what we deserved tonight.

If we improve the shots, that simple task of hitting the net, we give ourselves a better opportunity to be successful.

There are only 30 jobs in the league. It will be a privilege to be considered for any of the jobs. I'm interested in them all.

Minnesota has a lot of injuries and, tonight, we caught them at the right time. But that's the NHL.

We were certainly guilty of not going to people assertively. We had a difficult time with them tonight.

I am disappointed by how things ended here but I'm certainly nothing but thankful of the time that myself and my family have had here.

If we think a jersey is making a difference for us, then great. This time of the year the stakes are so high, it shouldn't matter what we wear.

I expect we'll see a harder working team.

I don't think we were complacent, I don't think that we got the start that we had wanted. We weren't very good on a couple of shifts. We took lazy penalties tonight. We weren't assertive enough when we went to battle.

I felt Dave could have gone two or three ways with this decision. Hockey is a difficult business. I think he could have made a strong decision in a number of ways but I'm comfortable where he's gone.

He's a competitor and we've got a lot of competitive players, too, and they were battling him. Sidney is a bit of a focus for everybody in the game. One of the things that makes people want to show what they've got is wanting to show it against a guy like that.

We have to be better than we were today. We took too many dumb penalties. We keep doing that; we keep giving teams a chance to get back in games.

He was a difference-maker in the third period.

He did really well in that (fight). I thought he played a heck of a game as well. When you get those types of efforts, it's really pleasing for the team.

He saw the puck and got a couple of deflections. Anytime you read the deflections and make the saves, you know you're seeing the puck well as a goaltender.

He made some great saves in the third. He's been playing a lot of hockey for us. We haven't been able to get him as much rest as we'd like to and as much practice as we'd like to ... but he's really learning how to compete. You can see that.

He got into a nice scrap with their captain. Sometimes when you are squeezing a little bit, physicality is great.

We took some penalties that we were responsible for and by veteran people and those things we have to correct and correct quickly.

Our focus is playing better and better together. It's a matter of getting our energies directed and focused in one area.

I think it was an extremely difficult year for Todd. It is probably understated to say it's been the most difficult year for any player that has played in the NHL.

I thought Alex did things well with the puck, saw pucks well and fought to keep position. And he found some pucks in scrambles and he fought off screens where he made himself big.

I thought they were everything that we expected and think they'll only get better and help our club.

Winning a lot at the end is important, but not everything because you need to be healthy going into the playoffs.

We had to play a spirited game and the defense came up large.

We didn't do good things throughout the entire game.

We didn't do good things throughout the entire game. I don't think we had enough guys who worked hard enough and we end up with that type of result when that happens.

We can't get discouraged. We have to find a way to get 3 or 4 per cent better.

The crease call to nullify a goal for us was a little puzzling. But it's always puzzling when your team isn't the benefactor of the call.

We did some good things, but we also took too many penalties. We didn't adhere to the things we need to do for an entire 60 minutes.

We played a game tonight that we're pleased with in some parts, and we weren't pleased with in other parts.

We didn't have great games from anybody in our lineup.

We'll see how things go. We haven't had a tough schedule the last little while. Now we play every second day until Christmas. That would be a little bit of a load if Alex had to play all of that.

We like the balance that our lines get. I think we can expect more from Matt Cooke and Richard Park playing with a centre as accomplished as Mo.

We concentrated an awful lot on our start tonight. We talked about what we wanted to do and still got off to a horrendous start. We're trying to make something happen and instead we gave a great chance right off the hop to one of the better shooters in the league.

There certainly is no division in our group. It's a strong group. Right now, because we haven't performed well, yeah, we're a little fragile. How do you get past that? You get past that like anybody does in their lives, you work hard.

We're not performing at our top level, and we have to eliminate as much negative thought as possible.

When we got that third goal, I thought it might just be our night. But when they got their third goal, it seemed to give them a lot of life. It got the building (excited).

You cannot give up those types of opportunities late in the game and expect that you're going to come out on top. We took some penalties that we were responsible for tonight and by veteran people and those things we have to correct and correct quickly.

The three giveaways we made on the goals were big errors. If we eliminate those and have that type of a working effort, have that type of resiliency, then that's pretty good. We'll take our chances with that type of game any time.

The second period was all Sharks and I liked the way we responded.

When we've played poorly, we've played really poorly.

We've just got to take care of our business. The best tonic for us is to get the two points.

We've prided ourselves with being prepared for each challenge that we face. We didn't do that.

You can look at just about everybody in our lineup and we were all guilty of not playing a strong game on the defensive side of the puck.

Auld made some crucial saves tonight, especially at the end to preserve the win.

Our thinking was last night he was ready to play.

Right now Todd is playing so well, we could probably play him in net.

Our division is a tough division and we've got to find a way to be better in it. I don't think anybody can look at our effort and say we're upset, but I don't think we can be fooled by it either. We've got to find ways to win these divisional games, they're very important in the standings.

If we can bottle that third period and take it with us to L.A. (this Thursday), we'll be all right. It's nice to come into this place, where it's very difficult to play, and get a win.

It was 53 minutes of playing great hockey. You have to find a way to push yourselves when adversity strikes. Sometimes you've got to push your body beyond what it wants to do.

Anytime you see that, usually you get a team that gets focus right away.

Once they scored on the power play, I don't think we mounted much after that. We were playing a stingy road game and I thought we'd rise to the challenge of the third period, but that first goal seemed to take all the wind out of our sails.

It's unfortunate that you've got to do these things, but that's what we have to do with this cap situation this year and make sure we leave enough room to have people here as we go on.

The fact that you are ninth in the standings and out of the playoffs, it should serve as a point we can all focus on.

It's important for him to play well in a game like this. He's going to have to do the same thing in the next one.

They blew the whistle and we just have to live with that call. That's what they saw and it's probably what happened. They were pretty adamant about it.

In terms of the makeup of our overall team, we've got an awful lot of players who are thinking-type players. Eddie is in the category of a guy that's very passionate, is maybe a risking personality. You need those types of people along with the thinking, thoughtful players you have to make it all mesh.

I know he doesn't like to miss games but it's the right decision and collectively we came to it. He hasn't been 100 per cent.

I really liked the way our goalie responded in the last two periods. He was probably the biggest reason that we got the two points tonight.

If you take the game as a whole, we did some good things. I like the way our team is working right now. End result, though, is that you need to get points.

I don't know. I've never paid attention to that. I don't know who decides. I think it comes from the league, doesn't it?

It'll be spirited and hopefully that'll be the tonic that allows our team to play with passion.

It was a great comeback win. We used the end of the first period to recompose ourselves. We showed some good determination and composure and ended up getting three goals on the power play.

The difference was, they were hungry on their chances. They had a bit more zip on their chances and they put them home.

It's nice to do it in this place, where it's very difficult to play.

You don't replace guys like Ed with one specific guy. It has to be a collection of people.

They got the early power-play goal, which was unlucky on a deflection, and we maybe panicked a little bit. When you're panicking and not playing with a lot of jump, that's not a good combination to have against a hard-working Minnesota team.

This type of emotional win will hopefully catapult us into the next game.

It may not have been a classic, but it's something we can build on.

It's been a very difficult couple of days, as you can imagine. I wasn't able to accomplish the job I was brought here for. I had a vision for this club and it included a Stanley Cup and a parade.

I approach every day as though I can make a difference. And I really believe I can make a difference with this team.

Sure, Daniel wears number 22 and Henrik number 33.

Mike Keenan has been responsible for creating a lot of good things for coaches, like mid-season job openings.

The most important thing is playoff sex.....er....um...I mean success

Ever since he's been a little boo-aw.