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Bob McKenzie during the 1st intermission of tonight's game:
"I think it's fair to say general manager Julien Brisebois woke up Monday morning deadline day and was pretty sure he wasn't going to be making any deals that day. Not for lack of trying he did make some phone calls, he did kick some tires, but the reality is from early to mid January the general manager of the Lightning along with head coach Jon Cooper, they basically challenged the players of the Lightning to really button things down defensively. At that time in early to mid January they were 17th in the league in goals against and now they're a top 5 team I believe. If I'm not mistaken they're number 3 in the league in goals against. They've been on a remarkable defensive tear since that challenge was issued to the players and because the team has played so well and they've responded so well to that challenge, Brisebois wasn't apposed to making the team better if he could, but he also didn't want to mess too much with chemistry if it was just a hail-mary type of deal. ... So I think there's been a little bit of an allegiance to the players because they've responded so well to the challenge that was issued to them in January and as such they didn't make a deal on Monday."
"I think it's fair to say general manager Julien Brisebois woke up Monday morning deadline day and was pretty sure he wasn't going to be making any deals that day. Not for lack of trying he did make some phone calls, he did kick some tires, but the reality is from early to mid January the general manager of the Lightning along with head coach Jon Cooper, they basically challenged the players of the Lightning to really button things down defensively. At that time in early to mid January they were 17th in the league in goals against and now they're a top 5 team I believe. If I'm not mistaken they're number 3 in the league in goals against. They've been on a remarkable defensive tear since that challenge was issued to the players and because the team has played so well and they've responded so well to that challenge, Brisebois wasn't apposed to making the team better if he could, but he also didn't want to mess too much with chemistry if it was just a hail-mary type of deal. ... So I think there's been a little bit of an allegiance to the players because they've responded so well to the challenge that was issued to them in January and as such they didn't make a deal on Monday."