I'm sure (coach Ken Hitchcock) would prefer us to do things in a more, I don't know, traditional way ... But we don't quit. That's one thing you can say about us, we don't quit.
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I'm sure (coach Ken Hitchcock) would prefer us to do things in a more, I don't know, traditional way ... But we don't quit. That's one thing you can say about us, we don't quit.
Here's what you got: there's Mike Babcock, you've got Barry Trotz -- and this guy under the radar has been a heck of a coach, he's just a terrific coach -- and then you've got Ken Hitchcock and Andy Murray. There's probably not a division that has as much experience behind the bench. So it's a heck of a division to match wits with night in and night out.
We have a great team of people down there right now — (coach) Ken Hitchcock, (general manager) Scott Howson and (president) Mike Priest…I’m very comfortable with their vision to build this franchise, to mold this club from the ground up.
When I got here people spoke very highly of Barry ... Hitch (coach Ken Hitchcock) really liked him and it was obvious Barry had gained credibility with the players.
Teams tend to take on the personality of their coach and we feel we have the right man leading the way. You can't help but have a good feeling when the coach you have hired comes with high recommendations from people like Brian Burke, Marc Crawford, Alain Vigneault, and Ken Hitchcock
That's the difference in the league right now ... The teams that have it, they win. That's how competitive everybody is and that's how close it is. If you've got good goaltending you're going to win games.
With Mason's play these last three games, he's certainly giving everybody in this organization some strong food for thought, right across the board
It's unreal ... The way he's playing right now, the confidence we have in him … it's unreal.