Jim Hughes Quotations

We're going to play much better (tonight) than we did Sunday. As a team we all know we're much better than how we played on Sunday. Hartford came out playing with desperation that day and we just didn't match their intensity. But we're still in a 2-2 series and we're not panicking.

Barry was not at his best that day and he knows it. Like I said the other day, he's one of the major reasons we're in a 2-2 series now. People shouldn't forget he played very well in the first three games. We expect him to bounce back in a positive way and (tonight) I'm giving him an opportunity to redeem himself.

He didn't play well tonight, but it wasn't all his fault. Look, he's one of the major reasons we're tied in this series. He got us to this point.

When it comes to penalties, I'm not upset with our team's discipline. But, yes, we can play more intelligently.

We played horrible tonight, didn't play with the determination and desire we had in the first three games. The good news is, it's only one game and we're tied in the series. But we clearly have to fix what didn't go right tonight by Tuesday.

We are not finished with this yet. This is a brand new disease, the first time in humans. We are not sure what the future holds,

There are going to be problems. What we need to get better at is responding to those problems to satisfy our riders.

They also know they are competing for a job, they are competing for a livelihood, ... We want to do everything within the rules, but we also want our people to play with intensity and competitiveness and the proper desire and determination to make the team.

It's not just that line, but all four lines. Hartford has many good players and skaters. But it comes back to how we play. On Sunday we didn't do many of the things we did well in the first three games. I expect us to return to that style of play and play our brand of hockey.