Steve Rucchin Quotes

You'd see teams when they lost to us, after the game, underneath in the arena, and it would be off just like that. - Steve Rucchin

You work so hard to get to this point and then shoot yourself in the foot like that, it's inexcusable. It really is. Guys were losing their composure out there and that obviously can't happen. I guess if there's any light on it, it happened in Game 1. That's going to be a quick lesson for us. - Steve Rucchin

You can say it was a successful season. But to just get to this point is not satisfactory. - Steve Rucchin

We're not panicking. It's only two games. But maybe it's good that we are realizing that there are a lot of good teams out there, and if we want to be one of them, we have to show up and play a full 60 minutes. It's a great wake-up call. - Steve Rucchin

We're just not poised enough with the puck. We're not managing the puck well and we're not taking advantage of what they've giving us. Give credit to Carolina. There's a reason they're in first place. - Steve Rucchin

We're behind the 8-ball a little bit, but there's still a long way to go. - Steve Rucchin

We scored three power-play goals and did a good job killing penalties. Our defense did a great job. They allowed us to get the puck going the other way. - Steve Rucchin

We have to be really mad and upset with what happened here. This better be a huge lesson for a lot of guys. I hope the guys are pretty upset and frustrated. - Steve Rucchin

We feel we have a better team. I've been here awhile and this is the most excited I've been. But we have to focus on making sure that we work hard and keep that going. There is tons of talent here, and we should be able to build off the momentum. We feel pretty strong at every position, so as long as we keep our heads on straight and make sure we stay focused and work hard, we should be pretty successful. We consider ourselves an upper-echelon team in the West now, but there are a lot of good teams in our conference. - Steve Rucchin

We did not do a good job in managing their pressure. There was a lot of running around and too many quality chances. Definitely the most sloppy game in this stretch, but fortunately, the power play came up big for us. - Steve Rucchin

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