Rick Tocchet on the progress Quinn Hughes is making: “I don’t know about his status tomorrow, but it was a good day for him. He obviously did a little bit more than he has done, so he looked pretty good. But we didn’t have contact drills and stuff like that. So it’s hard to evaluate him. He felt really good yesterday, so we’ll go from there.”

Tocchet on players responding to his post-game comments Sunday about earning their ice time with better performances: “Well, if you want to change culture and want a winning organization, you have to earn it. That’s the way it is. You can’t hand stuff for (things) in the past. Let’s face it, we’re trying to become a winning club. Everybody has to earn their way. I hate the word entitlement. There is no entitlement around here. Listen, if we’re going to go anywhere those guys have to play. Don’t get me wrong. They’ve got to play and they’re going to get played tonight and hopefully they respond.”

Brock Boeser on team needing to find ways to score: “I think we’ve talked about that for a while now that we haven’t generated much offence and I, personally, think that when we’re getting some shots we’re not having much net front traffic and enough guys around the net getting those greasy goals we’ve talked about. That’s where a lot of the goals are scored in this league so we’ve got to get our noses a little dirty tonight.”

Boeser on adjusting to playing with others after spending past few seasons primarily with JT Miller as his centre: “It’s definitely a lot different when you play with a guy for two years, a guy to that degree of how good he is and how good a passer he is and how well he creates space. So, yeah, it’s definitely an adjustment and I feel like I’m trying to understand that it’s going to be different and that I’ve got to play a little different with other guys. I can definitely shoot the puck more and get net front and find those greasy rebounds.”