Robbie Ftorek Quotations

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 got prolific scorers. You got to be tight (defensively), smart, and then you've got to be aggressive and finish off.

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 the flow to go the same way.

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.

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 then we took a penalty because of it and that's what cost us the game.

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

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. If you work and play well, you get an opportunity to go up.

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 lost two games in a row, 5-0 and 5-0 (actually, 5-3 and 5-0). They wanted it a little more than we did. That's what bothers me.

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

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 was put in situations where he had to learn and to play and those are all experiences which are just great for him.

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

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 you could put anybody out there, and you knew you were going to get an effort.

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.