April 13, 2009
“We’re talking about how we should play when we should be talking about wins and losses.” “All year long, we want—as a team—to improve, and Jonny’s been doing that in his own game, and I think that’s helping us go along here.” “I don’t want to talk about officiating. Three games in a row—it’s—nah.” — February 27, 2009, 5-4 OT loss vs Pittsburgh Mood: asunder. (The monochromacity of Q’s tie works as a steel band, keeping his thoughts bundled together and coherent even when the emotions of the evening threaten to burst everything wide open. It is a reminder of all the things that can happen within a game, and that sixty minutes is enough time for a saga to develop and play out.)

“We’re talking about how we should play when we should be talking about wins and losses.”

“All year long, we want—as a team—to improve, and Jonny’s been doing that in his own game, and I think that’s helping us go along here.”

“I don’t want to talk about officiating. Three games in a row—it’s—nah.”

— February 27, 2009, 5-4 OT loss vs Pittsburgh

Mood: asunder. (The monochromacity of Q’s tie works as a steel band, keeping his thoughts bundled together and coherent even when the emotions of the evening threaten to burst everything wide open. It is a reminder of all the things that can happen within a game, and that sixty minutes is enough time for a saga to develop and play out.)

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