“I felt Dave could have gone two or three ways with this decision. Hockey is a difficult business. I think he could have made a strong decision in a number of ways but I'm comfortable where he's gone.”
“It is so, so unfair to paint him with the brush that he's responsible for me being here, because he's not. Todd wasn't the reason I'm sitting here today. Neither was [forward] Brendan [Morrison]. There's always a number of reasons why. We all have to take some responsibility.”
“It's been a very difficult couple of days, as you can imagine. I wasn't able to accomplish the job I was brought here for. I had a vision for this club and it included a Stanley Cup and a parade.”
“They got the early power-play goal, which was unlucky on a deflection, and we maybe panicked a little bit. When you're panicking and not playing with a lot of jump, that's not a good combination to have against a hard-working Minnesota team.”