Where do you see this roster needs improving?
“I think we shored up our top four ‘D’ for now. If we improve five percent point-wise and think we’re going to bring back the same team and improve five percent again, that’s not realistic, so we have to make changes. I think bringing [Jimmy] Snuggerud into our group is a positive change. I think if we could add another player that can provide 200-foot offense, that’s something that we can look at. But again, the problem I have with today is I say something and then come July 15 it’s not done and people think that we’re not trying. We’re trying to get better. If I tell you exactly what we want to do, the agent’s going to know how much I want to spend and he’s going to charge me 10 percent more so I’m going to keep some of those things to myself, but we would like to improve in the 200-foot offensive game.”
“I’m excited to where the Blues are at today. To our fans, I just want to say thank you for sticking with us. We’re trying to make this a really difficult place to play. The guys did that at the end of the year and it starts with the enthusiasm they brought every night when the guys came out of the tunnel. I don’t want to under-emphasize how bitter we feel today, how disappointed we are, but I also do want to let people know we thank them for putting us in this spot to feel like that, giving us the support and we’re going to keep pushing ahead and hopefully we’re not doing this next year for another few weeks.”
– Doug Armstrong