Postgame quotables, losing team version
What members of the Stars had to say after the 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals:
Stephane Robidas: Sometimes, you've just got to give that little extra and they seem to have that little extra. Not all the time. On the faceoff, the winger is helping the center in puck battles. They play well as a team. We've just got to go back to basics and play tighter as a team, help each other. Be closer together and just win the battles. I think that's the only thing we can do.
... I think we've got to clean up a little bit of mistakes. You can't give them any chances. They're a good enough team that they're going to create them on their own. You can't give them freebies.
Brad Richards: I don't know if we're overmatched. They're causing us to do things we don't want to do. That's what they're good at. The compete level is there, but sometimes we're just not smart in situations. We tie it up twice and they go down to score and take the lead again, and it's tough to do over and over again against a team like that.
... Right now, it's hard to have any mindset. We're pretty disappointed with this loss. When we wake up tomorrow, we're still in the series. We'll go from there and try to win a game. But obviously, right now, I'm not going to lie to you. It's very disappointing.
... They scored on their opportunities. We did some things, like I said earlier, that were uncharacteristic of our team and it cost us. You have to be very sharp in all areas. We battled and competed and our try was there, but we made some mental errors at key times in the game that took away a lot of momentum.
Marty Turco: It was a huge game. You've got to play with the utmost desperation. Guys were all trying. It's just not going where we need it to. It's sputtering along, but it's a seven game series, so we'll see what happens.
... It's hard for me to really say. I'm not sure what's going on other than the obvious of just getting outscored and not doing enough. My perspective is pretty simple. I'm out there just worrying about what I need to do and it just hasn't been good enough for me. I've just got to keep battling and get out there and do my thing. I haven't been giving our team the best chance to win. I've just got to start stopping some pucks.
-- Keeli Garza


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