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Avalanche center Matt Duchene was asked about his 30th goal in what was a 4-0 St. Louis lead late in the third period Sunday at the Pepsi Center. He says all the right things after the 5-1 loss to visiting Blues, but in coach Patrick Roy’s postgame presser, he blasted Duchene for his goal celebration (Roy video below):
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Patrick Roy: “Our core players are having a hard time carrying this team:”
Patrick Roy: “The reaction of Dutchy after he scores. It’s a 4-0 (game). Big cheer. Are you kidding me. What is that?”:
Patrick Roy’s opening statements: “For some reason we’re in a funk at home and struggling to win some hockey games:”
Duchene transcribed, about 30 goals and losing five of last six games: Not tonight. Maybe it s something I ll look back after the season and enjoy it on a personal level. But you play and try to score goals to make the playoffs. If you re not in playoffs it doesn t really mean as much as you want it to mean. No one remembers that. And no one cares. I mean, everyone cares about who is in the playoffs. That s all I care about. Obviously it s a nice milestone but I m not thinking about it at all right now. I m just very disappointed about this loss tonight.
Gabe Landeskog: It s not good enough. At this point of the year you re supposed to win five out of six, not lose five out of six. It s just not good enough. I don t have the answers right now but I know one thing: It s not good enough and it s embarrassing what happened out there tonight.
Landeskog on early delay-of-game penalty that led to St. Louis power-play goal and 1-0 lead: Obviously not trying to throw it over the glass. I m trying to throw it off the glass and kind of by the D man and I can come with speed and catch it on the other side but I got way too much of it. Obviously, at that point they already started strong and they get a power play and ended up scoring off it.
It was stupid.
