25 Quotes by Craig MacTavish

It's great for the fans. The league wanted to create these rivalries and they've definitely done that.

You think it's going to be a seamless transition. (Right now) he's making lots of plays.

It's devastating for a team. We'll have to pick ourselves up tomorrow.

It will be a work in progress. We like to think, as everybody would at this stage, that we're progressing and we have our teams prepared. But there will be things that crop up. Every coach is saying we don't want to struggle with the learning curve early on. But some will.

Calgary is getting a lot of attention and so they should, having gone to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final. But Vancouver went to overtime in Game 7 against Calgary and finished first in the division.

You want to give them at least a couple of games. One to get their feet wet and try to establish some confidence, and then you give them another to see what they can do.

The games have both been very close in this building, yet we've been outscored 6-1.