It's great for the organization, and certainly we all know what he's done. Both parties are extremely pleased. He accomplished what he would like to accomplish and I believe we accomplished what we'd like to accomplish. It's as simple as that.

It's certainly disappointing. In the second period, we sort of had all the territorial advantages, but still couldn't score the goals. We made individual mistakes and they cost us.

Vladimir told me he was going to retire and then his representative asked that he be allowed to have some time off to go home. I told him it was not in the best interest of the club for him to do that.

I think we had been as focused as you can get from any group for a substantial period of time. The schedule is demanding, but you can't ever use these things as an excuse. We got a little bit away from the basics and when you play a little tired, whether it's mentally or physically, you can't get away from what makes your game go. When you do that, you make mistakes.

First of all, they needed two days off. Whether it be physically or mentally, I don't know which was more beneficial. Even though it was tough to take two days off, sometimes you do that.

That's something that we believe in our organization. We want every player who ends up with us to be part of us, no matter who it is.