“It's a tough one to swallow because you feel you had the game in hand and you couldn't get it done.”
Jerome Bettis
“This is a tough one to swallow. You're in the lead the entire game. We were one play short tonight, so that makes it that much tougher to swallow knowing you were just one play short.”
Chris Gaynor
“It's a tough one to swallow. It's disappointing, very disappointing. The last game is done, and we feel like it's premature.”
Richard Seymour
“It was a winnable game. This one is tough to swallow.”
Delonte West
“We've had some tough ones to swallow. But we hung in there. We hung together as a team and it's paid off.”
Blake Ahearn
“This is really a tough one to swallow. At this stage of the season, we needed all the points we can get.”
Mathieu Dandenault
“Three one-goal losses are tough to swallow. We need to erase that. It's single-elimination now. It doesn't matter what our records are.”
Brian Gionta