On whether the March schedule was as difficult as it appeared to be:
“Yeah, and it stretches in, quite honest, until you get…this first week out of the way, too, because they’re all tied together when you look at it, right? We’ll get through this tonight, and then get our one o’clock-six o’clock, and then get to Dallas, and then we get three sets of where there’s two days the rest of the month, really. It works a little better for us.”
On who will sit with Robyn Regehr in the lineup:
“Marty will be out tonight.”
On whether Regehr’s arrival will alter any of the defensive pairings:
“Well, we’re not splitting up pairings because we bring a player in. So Marty’s out. It’s pretty easy to see where he’ll go. I think that Muzzin and Doughty and Scuds and Voynov have been two really good pairs for us five-on-five.”
On whether he has always been a coach that has stuck with player chemistry in pairings:
“Well, five-on-five, that’s really how all the good teams are. They have two good pairs. But our team’s a little different in the sense that Slava and Drew are power play guys, and now Muzz here, he can be a power play guy, too, and Scuds is penalty killing. So you’ve just kind of got to hopefully play in most of your game five-on-five. When you look at it, you’re into a 10-to-11 minute of special teams in every game, so that’s where the adjustment’s made.”
On any consideration to giving Rob Scuderi an occasional rest:
“We’re trying to make the playoffs. If we don’t make the playoffs, he’ll get a real good break.”
On whether Brad Richardson will remain in the lineup:
“I don’t know yet. One extra forward in warm-up. We don’t know what Minny’s doing.”
On a “pretty good effort” in Minnesota last time:
“No, we were a sloppy team.”
On what he would like to change in this game versus Minnesota:
“Not give up six goals. You score three on the road, you should win.”
On Jonathan Quick’s frustration immediately following the shootout loss in Minnesota:
“I think he was guessing poke check there, and he guessed the wrong move.”
On Jason Pominville’s attributes:
“High-end skill guy. Really good either side on wing. Good off-side point power play, off-side shooter. Puts numbers up. Obviously, he’s a captain, so he must have a strong set in that sense in terms of leadership.”
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