57 Quotes by Steve Stirling

I've heard some wonderful things, and every report I have is better than the next. I read our scouting reports ... and after every time I'd ask how he was, and everyone said he's the real deal.

The turning point was the second period with all the penalties. We took some silly, needless penalties there.

Not our best effort. We had enough fresh legs in there that conditioning was definitely not a problem. The execution simply wasn't very good, especially on the power play.

I'm very impressed. I can't emphasize enough that the top players bought into the system. Obviously, they're playing hard, obviously, they're playing well. And that sets the precedent for the younger kids.

If you win, you keep your job. If you don't win, you could lose it or you do lose it. I didn't make the rules, Mike didn't make the rules.

He's technically sound, and I think that is a huge factor. There's not going to be a lot of breakdowns to his game technically. Plus, he's a real competitor. Put the two together and it's pretty special.

I didn't think he's played very well the last few games, plain and simple.

He took a penalty and I couldn't afford to put him on the ice again, and have him take another one.

For the first 50 minutes, I thought we played pretty well.