Today's Practice:
-was a good practice
-when you have a bad game, this team has a good practice right afterwards
-practices have to be more fundamental and detailed; takes the blame for this
-need some skating legs
-over the last 9 games has re-evaluated himself and thinks this team needs more fundamentals in practice
Forbort:
-will get back in when he's comfortable
-will talk to him on the plane today
-may play tomorrow
-didn't skate for a bit
-will be ready soon
Joshua:
-would say he's day-to-day
-depends on how comfortable he is
-will take another practice and see where he's at
-brings an attitude to the line-up
-good at body position and wall work
-adds a boost to winning battle
-net front presence
-good chemistry with Garland; something they can look for when he gets back
-need system guys but also want guys to be creative; 9/10 he'll be where he needs to be at the right time
-is a voice in the room; grew as a leader last year
DeBrusk:
-had a good talk with him today
-is too much on the outside and not in battle positions
Demko:
-had chunks of good days
-hasn't checked on him in a couple of days
Silovs:
-are some things on the he has to get better at
-the scrambles in front are finding their way in and last year they weren't
-needs to battle down a bit more
Body Language:
-a lot of guys body language needs to be better
-some of that negative attitude creeping back in; not to the extent of when he first got there
-his job to address this
-are at the state where they have to climb to the next level and be uncomfortable