Dave Baseggio Quotations

We started going for it a little more in the second period. We took the plays to them. They (Albany) took some penalties and our power plays were good again.

We've got guys who aren't thinking of the team right now. They're thinking of themselves. It's showing up. We need people pulling on the rope.

We've got eight games left over three weeks, so I'm not too concerned. He'll tell me if he's tired, and I'll gauge accordingly. We're still not in (the playoffs). For me to take my foot off the pedal wouldn't be fair to anybody.

We've got a (scouting report), we're trying to do something, and guys are doing their own thing. We had some chances, but we've gone oh-fer our last two games. It's hurt us.

We're just trying a different approach. He wasn't going to play. We'll give him a little more rest and see if that makes the symptoms better.

But as a coach, you want those decisions. They make us a better team; that's the bottom line. We'll use them while we can.

I don't think we played well. They had the territorial advantage, I guess. We bent a lot but we didn't break.

I don't think it was conducive to what we had. We've come a long way since that game.

He's a big body, and he played for a pretty good team. He's got a big reach.

He's a good player. He's learned more what he has to do to score goals. He's going to the net, and that's where he's scoring goals.

He's always in position. When you're in position, the puck usually comes to you, hits you. He makes good plays. When you're in good position, good things happen.

His poise with the puck, his ability to make plays, set him apart. He waits that extra second, stops on a dime, and makes a pass through three sticks, on the tape.

He's a very mature kid, a very positive kid. He's hard working, team oriented: He has all the intangibles.

He's calm and cool. He doesn't seem to get rattled. He makes the saves he's supposed to make. He's solid. He's a gamer.

He's been very good, and he's still learning the position, too.

He's been our go-to guy for a couple of years now. Other teams know about him, they check him, and he still produces.

He's been a trouper. He's been in pain, but he's sucking it up for the team. It's a great thing he's doing for us, and I appreciate it.

Hopefully, (Wednesday) is a stepping stone. We can't make it a one-night wonder.

We lost some defensemen. We had a possibility to pick up Pratt. Obviously, we have a very deep group of forwards. I don't know if Travis was too happy with his role here.

He cares. He's not the kind of guy who's going to get three goals a night, but he can chip in. He's a blue-collar guy.

He leaves everything on the ice, and he's got some pretty good skills, too. He's not a guy that goes out and runs everything that moves. He can make a pass.

Guys stepped in who hadn't played a lot before. For me, it's really satisfying. I'm really proud.

I thought our D-zone coverage wasn't very good at all. Our defense wasn't very good at all. You can only go to the well so many times, but we tried hard the past two nights.

I see him a lot more mature, a lot more poised and mature with the puck, too.

I think they?re all something different. The combination, the mix, everybody?s adding something and they?re doing it together. The guys seem to know what the others are going to do and they feed off each other. When I see that, I say give them a chance.

We need points. We're getting down to the playoff push. Our goal every night is to get two points, and we're accomplishing that.

Wilkes-Barre had a heck of a team at the beginning of the year. It was men against boys. We grew up as the year went on. It's men against men now.

You like to see that. It is a game. The guys should have fun and enjoy what they're doing. There's a time you've got to bear down, work on your game, work on some things. He's learning when to do it, when not to.

You can block shots. We didn't get in any lanes. All their shots got through all night, and they blocked a ton of our shots.

We earned every point, and we needed it. The guys in the room, everybody who's been here during the year, the guys we called up, everyone contributed.

We played a great game. Everybody chipped in.

We didn't play really good defense. That's why we were down 4-2. But the guys realized that after the first, we had to play better. We had to tighten things up.

We're learning how to win by doing the little things. The season is a roller coaster ride, and the key is not to get too high or too low. We're not where we want to be, but if we keep playing the way we've been playing, we'll be where we need to be.

We didn't skate at all. They came here and they were committed to getting two points. They blocked shots, cleared the front of the net. They did a lot of little things to get two points.

We had some pretty good chances. We just didn't bury them. We need to move it, get some shots through and get some traffic in front of the net.

We seemed to feed off that. We got better.

We wanted somebody we had a confidence level in. He's played in the NHL, he's played in the American League, and he's playing pretty well for Reading right now. I'm very confident he can come in and do the job.

We showed an excellent effort to make a great comeback.

Flat's not the word, but we weren't assertive. They came out and played well, and then we got more assertive.

Sometimes a guy is as skilled as Robert, so good as Robert at playing with the puck, that when they don?t have the puck is when they struggle.

Ryan's making smarter plays, better decisions with the puck. When he jumps up into the play, I think he's figured out, if he keeps things a little simpler, the chances will come. Early on, I think he was forcing plays.

You play a team 10 times, you're going to have (stuff) like that. They're sick of seeing us. We're sick of seeing them.

They've both made very good impressions. I'd have no problem putting them in the lineup any time for the rest of the season.

They put it in the paper. Just because you have skill, you don't finish checks, doesn't mean you don't have grit. Our guys go to scoring areas. Our guys make plays.

There's a sense of urgency until we're in the playoffs. We can't take anything for granted.

It's one of those things that happens, and you shake your head and say, 'are you kidding me?' It's unbelievable.

Does he have the skill to be there? Absolutely, but it?s not an easy process. It takes time. Hopefully, he?s getting that time now, and the next time he?s up in the first line in the NHL, he?s there to stay.

The book on Pratt is he's a solid, steady defenseman. He can move the puck. He's got pretty good mobility. He's a veteran defenseman.

It's huge (power-play goals). It's a momentum changer. It makes them (opponents) a little more shy because they don't want to give up any more penalties if your power play's going. We moved the puck right around really well, and it's nice to see that. Hopefully, we can keep it going.

It was a great play. (Joel) Bouchard got it on the regroup, and Jarrett and Hamilton made a nice play.

It was a gutsy win. We need points. (Friday) night, we were a little bit deflated. I thought we showed a lot of character coming back.

I wanted to observe a little more, relax, which is easy to do when you're not changing lines. They're used to running benches. Let 'em have it. I sat back (Friday) night and watched Wilkes-Barre. ... (Saturday), I watched our guys.

I'm really proud of the guys, the way we played. We did a nice job, especially considering we're banged up, short-staffed going back to (last weekend at) Providence and Portland.

But he was standing still. Robert did it in full flight. I've never seen anything like it.

He's playing with more conviction, and he's making the easier play. He's not trying to make something out of nothing.

I don't know if it's my fault, wherever that's been. It was nice to see. I hope to see it again for a while.

I didn't think we came out with much jump. I don't know if we were thinking too much, or waiting for something to happen. They had five D, but their D played well.

I didn't think he had too many second chance, rebounds. Freddy looked really good in net. That's good to see.

He's an elite player in this league. It's good he got a chance to go up. It means that he's ready to go up and do well again.

If he had stayed healthy all year, he'd have really, really good numbers. He might have gone up more than the one game, too.

He's obviously talented. He's a top prospect, and he's going to help us out.

This is a heck of a bonus. It's like landing a premier player at the deadline, and it doesn't affect your roster. We're happy to have him back. We thought he was lost for the year.

The games he's played, you can count on two hands how many he's been 100-percent healthy. It's slowed down his numbers. He's done everything we've asked and more.