More Carlyle.

On how much the goaltending was responsible:

"When you give up eight goals, the goaltending has to take some of the responsibility. But in this situation, there was 20 guys, and the coaching staff have to take responsibility for this. Not goaltending. He's one member of the team. That's our responsibility."

On the standings:

"What happens is, as these games wind down, the teams that we're in the pack against, it becomes must-wins. The pressure's squarely going to be pushed toward us. Can't put any more plainer English on it than that."

On the team's response:

"Number one, they don't feel very good about themselves. I think from a team standpoint, we just have to recognize and ... look in the mirror individually, where can you be better? There's a huge area where we could be better. For whatever reason we weren't able to get it going today. The puck bounced away from us. What's emblematic of the game is the last goal. We hit the post with our goaltender out, they rim the puck around the boards, hits (the wall) and goes in our net -- 200 feet. It was the eighth goal of the game, but it just put an exclamation mark. It just hit you where the sun doesn't shine."

Did you underestimate Atlanta?

"I don't think we did. I don't view it as that. I just felt that we didn't do enough of the little things and get involved. Our skill set was very, very poor. Moving the puck through the neutral ice. We were again a victim of five straight penalties in the first period and that was a result of a lack of moving our feet."