28 Quotes by Willie Mitchell

Fatigue played in there, but we were able to muster some energy to come out with a win.

There's no doubt they didn't play their best game. Flat? Yeah. And in the second half of the game they might have been coasting around a little bit.

I wanted to go 84 feet. If we got into a half-court game, that was to their advantage. They threw it in to the big kids and we told them to read and go on the passes. It worked some of the time, but we got away from it.

That's not fun. Hockey is no fun if you aren't playing for anything.

You've heard me say it before: There needs to be more desperation in the room, more passion. In the past, our niche was we worked hard no matter what. That's been our identity. This last little stretch, that hasn't happened.

It's a lot more puck control, and I like it. It's systematically moving the puck up the ice from one player to the other, and it really seems to work.

It's good to be home sometimes, but it's a breath of fresh air to get on the road, play in some different buildings, grab some dinners and hang with the boys.

I just kind of made mention of the fact that there have been a lot of times in the third period, even when I was there, for some reason, they got real tight. It's tough for that not to creep in again, so I told them if we get some pressure, we're going to get some chances because they'll tighten up.

He brought a lot of enthusiasm and passion. He works his butt off and competes every day. In the playoffs, you want to have guys like that.