Archives for April 23, 2014

‘Enroth has waited his whole career to get an opportunity at the number one spot, but he wasn’t devastated that it happened, “I was kind of disappointed, but I’m kind of glad it happened too if you understand me right because I got a chance to step back and see everything from a different point of view and I think that was good for me. It’s something I will take with me into next year and hopefully I’m going to grow from it.”’

‘“They’ve taught me a lot about what it takes to play in this league,” Foligno said. “They’ve been getting some messages across once in a while. If you’re ready to play every night, you’re going to get ice time. If you’re not, the ice time is going to slowly dwindle.”‘

‘”For me, honestly, it’s been a great opportunity,” said Cassidy, 40, who sees the water bottle always half full. “As difficult as it was at times, because you always want your main players in the lineup, I thought it was really good for me professionally to grow and be challenged like that every night. You don’t assume anything. Because you have so many new guys you have to make sure you’re always teaching.”‘

‘“Maybe the thing that I’m most happy about is his consistency,” Amerks coach Chadd Cassidy said. “I think he’s had one game where I didn’t think he was as good as he needed to be. But every other game I think he’s been pretty good.”‘