Today, I walked into TD Garden the same way I have since I was a kid: next to my dad. Only this time, it was the both of us who were heading to work.
It's good to be home.
Brad Marchand on Joe Sacco’s decision to sit him yesterday in overtime:
“He’s going to make decisions based on how he feels each guy is playing each night. I get it. Next time, I need to do better.”
Patrick Roy on the #Isles ability to make the playoffs with the group they currently have:
"I've been confident since the day I took the job. I will say this to you, that's the reason I came here. I like this team, and I believe in this team."
Mark Kastelic today on Frederic's fight:
"I try to have their backs as best I can, and when they fight to stick up for me like that, it means a lot. I love those guys. Just watching that, it makes me happy to know that I'm here for a couple more years with this group."
Roy on building relationships with the #Isles players:
"I don't want them to like the coaching staff because we let them do what they want. I want them to like the coaching staff because they believe we're going to make this team better."
Ilya Sorokin wasn't in the locker room following the #Isles loss tonight. Here's what Roy said when asked about Sorokin:
"We win and lose as a team. Sometimes, we make changes as a coach because we feel we just want to change the momentum of the game. I'll leave it at that."
What's the best part about playing in Boston?
"The fans, for sure. The city is incredible, but the fans make it awesome. They're just very unique. There's stories and things that I've seen fans do, a lot of them aren't PG rated, in a playoff run. Stuff like that makes it so