196 Quotes by Dave Tippett

He's the kind of guy that you know he's a solid player and does a lot of little things well in the game. But he's certainly a guy that as you become more familiar with him, he grows on you. . . . There's a lot of factors to his game that he keeps showing you as it goes on, and I think we're still in the early stages with him. But so far, we've been very happy with what we've seen.

We were all right. I wouldn't class that as a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination - from play to officiating to the whole works.

Games come down to little things and commitment and willing to jump into battles. There wasn't enough commitment (Saturday).

We work on things, we talk about things. But in the end, that's the ultimate one-on-one, and you have to trust the player.

He's one of our young guys who has the ability to score and put points on the board. There's always a transition coming over here, but we'll see how he adjusts as the level goes up through the exhibition games.

We put the challenge to him and he made a great impression. They can be a very dominating line. The thing about them is that they are so big and strong and in back-to-back games they came out and were just as strong the second night. They were an integral part of our win.

He can be a horse. He's so big and so strong. When he gets a head of steam, he's hard to defend. He's using all the tools he has.

We do have concerns with the perception of our game and the credibility of our game.

He played a solid game. There were some chances that were a lot harder than I think they looked.