Crawford quotes

On cuts earlier today: ``Today was a tough day because some of our best young prospects had to be sent down. Some guys who will probably end up making the team, in the grand scheme of things, won't be as good as some of the players we sent down today. Marc-Andre Cliche I think will be a very good player in this league, as with Trevor Lewis and Edward Purcell. I think Joe Piskula is a player that's going to play for a long time as a solid, two-way defenseman. Matt Moulson was probably one of our better players in camp but at left wing now with O'Sullivan, Calder and Cammalleri, that's a pretty tough left side to crack. Then Thornton and Ivanans add some toughness and experience. We just don't have a position available for Matt Moulson right now, although if this had been any other time, he certainly deserved a longer look. He did everything we asked and he improved. As we told him, just make sure to take another step.''

On Cloutier: ``Cloutier had his moments. He made a couple of big saves. Obviously, in the shootout he made a great save to win the game for us. I didn't like the wrap-around goal for sure. There are a lot of wrap arounds now. It just seems like that's the way the game is going. There are lots of battles around the net and we need to make sure we communicate well. But that was one I didn't like.''

On Bernier: ``I thought he was very good. He had a lot of penalties to kill and he looked very calm and sure of himself. Again, I praise him because he's really made our jobs difficult, which is what you like from a young guy.''

On 10 Sharks power plays: ``We took a few penalties you can't take, the ones where you take an extra shot at a guy. Nobody likes hooking calls. We got to realize if you bring the stick up to waist level, the refs might think there's some impediment there. It's the first exhibition game where we haven't been good in that regard. It made the game such that we had so many penalties to kill, and that's where the shot differential came from.''