Looking for a solid 60 tonight and a good start. Like Carcillo back on up the 2nd , I havea good feeling about that line tonight.
Some practice notes:
Sutter, on whether he expects a “complete, full 60 minutes” following a day off:
It’s the new CBA. You have a mandatory four days off a month now. So this is one that we mutually agreed upon a month ago.
I didn't know that, I wonder how many days off they got b4? And I guess it's not always easy fitting 4 days off into a busy schedule.
Sutter, on how he spent his off-day:We worked from 10-to-4. We’re not part of the players’ deal with days off. We worked.
Willie Mitchell, on what needs to be “cleaned up: from the Tampa Bay game:I think in that game, I think something we talked about and we probably weren’t the best at – their centers are a very important part of their hockey club in Tampa, and we wanted to play over their centers to deny them speed on the rush, because what they did was make the long pass, and then what they do is kick back that long stretch pass to the middle with speed, and if you don’t have your F3 over top of that, it becomes very difficult for the defense to get gap control. Then, if you don’t have gap control, that gives them their strength, which is on the rush. So I think that was probably the number one thing.
Brown, on aspects of Nashville’s game that require attention compared to other teams:I think the two things are being aware of Weber and his shot, and also being aware of Hornqvist around the net, because he’s one of the best players in and around the net. Those are – I don’t want to say two guys you’ve got to [be on] – but two things about their team, is when he’s on the ice, you’ve got to be aware of his shot, because he can beat a goalie from the blue line with his shot.
GKG