“I thought it was a pretty good game,” coach Mike Babcock said afterward.
However after getting a chance to take the game in again, Babcock had second thoughts after Thursday’s practice. This is according to Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press.
“For the first 30 minutes, I thought we were fine. … But in end we weren’t on top of their net long enough and hard enough,” Babcock said. “You can tell yourself the next day all you want, ‘Oh, their goalie played good.’ Well, why did you let him? There’s no goalie that keeps it out all the time — if you have a guy on his pads and someone standing on the side and you keep banging away at second chances.”
“So we normally would have a meeting like this the second game of the playoffs because you think you’re getting to the net and you get to the playoffs and you’re not getting there,” Babcock said. “It’s impossible to score then. In the West right now, the playoffs are on for most teams. So have to decide that we want to join that party.”
Source: Detroit Free Press
