Paul Bron added : "I think he's been one of our most consistent players all year," "He gives full effort every game and he made so many big saves to keep us in the game. Our first period wasn't great, there was a lot of pressure in our zone and to be able to get into the second period at 1-1 gave us a lot of confidence"

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Paul Bron added : "There's a lot of guys that are trying to prove [themselves] to management,"

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Paul Bron added : "There's a lot of guys that are trying to prove [themselves] to management,"

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Paul Bron said : “If we take the game as a whole I think we played well,” “The shots they took went in and ours didn’t. I think that we’d win this game nine times out of 10”

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Paul Bron said : “He’s a competitor. He sees more than just the goals. A lot of players, it’s easy to focus on points and think you’re just doing a good job. But there’s a lot of areas in the game that you can continue to work on. I think it shows his commitment, his drive, his passion to get better every day. To have that kind of self awareness to critique his game like that is only going to make him better each day. It’s good to see — a young kid who maybe would score a couple of goals and feel really good about himself and not care too much. That’s not it with Cole. He really cares about the details, winning games and making sure he’s good for 60 minutes. As he gets older, if he keeps that mindset there’s no doubt in my mind he’s going to be that player for us”

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Paul Bron added : “Something like that is so far beyond your control as a player,”

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Paul Bron said : “Game in, game out, he brings stability to the team,”

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Paul Bron added : “You need the guys you want to go to war with,” “You need guys that can wear teams down, wear good players down. By Game 4, Game 5, Game 6 when you get guys that don’t really want to go in the corners anymore, don’t want to get the puck first, that’s when the series starts to change. He’s been a great player for us. He’s taken a more offensive role on our team, more leadership. It’s been fun watching him kind of grow his game the last few years. We’ll see what happens with him. It’s been fun”

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Paul Bron added : “They’ve been with me through a lot of ups and downs in my career,” “Travelled many miles moving across the country. My wife’s been by my side since Day 1, when I started my pro career in Portland, Maine. To think back where I was at 15, 16 years old, thinking about maybe not even making the Junior B team and kind of not going back to the Double-A team because you didn’t want to play there. That could have been the end of my career. I could have been playing single-letter hockey with my buddies and just going to school and that would have been it”

montrealgazette Friday, February 18, 2022 1:26:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “It’s one of those things in life, if you told us at the start of last year this is what would be the consequence of the run we went on, I think most guys would have taken it, to be honest,”

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Paul Bron added : “It’s been a challenge all year,” “It’s been hard to watch, it’s been hard to be around the guys. There’s been some low days here, for sure. The focus now for everybody is just try to get healthy, get everyone back and start building something up for next year”

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Paul Bron said : “That was kind of the moment where the lightbulb went off in the head that said: OK, it’s time to get it fixed,”

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Paul Bron said : “You know he’s going to shut the door,”

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Paul Bron said : “He gives our group a lot of confidence,” “He makes a lot of big saves. He’s always there for us. He’s playing really well. His level of confidence and his energy are felt by the entire team”

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Paul Bron added : “It doesn’t really matter what’s said outside the room,” “We’ve always had internal belief in ourselves, what we can do as a group. You look around the room, the players that we have, Shea (Weber) and Corey (Perry) and Gally, Phil (Danault), Cole (Caufield) now, Eric (Staal). We have guys that have won, we have young guys, lots of great role players. It’s not too often you have a team of our calibre right now and a chance like we have on our table, so we want to make the most of that. It’s the best time of year. You work all year for this moment and it’s time to get started”

montrealgazette Monday, June 14, 2021 1:40:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “When I was in Buffalo I saw Nathan Gerbe, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy, guys who weren’t that big and just found a way to have success,”

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Paul Bron said : “When I was in Buffalo I saw Nathan Gerbe, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy, guys who weren’t that big and just found a way to have success,”

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Paul Bron added : “I know Cole’s doing a great job,” “He’s playing really, really well for us right now and the more he plays the more comfortable he’s going to get. He’s going to be a great player for our team for a long time”

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Paul Bron added : “All the guys on the team, they love him,”

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Paul Bron said : “I think coming off a pretty emotional high from the Toronto series our team found a way to really carry the momentum into the game last night,”

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Paul Bron added : “I know it sounds cliché, but that’s what playoff hockey is,” “You can’t have a weak link. You can’t have a line that takes a night off. For our team that’s kind of our identity is just having four lines to attack you, to forecheck you, to create turnovers. Spend zone time … it puts a lot of pressure on their team and makes the game harder for them. So the game plan going into the next game we’ll try to replicate and do the same thing. Watch some tape, see how we can improve our game and try and get better each night and know that each win becomes harder and harder”

montrealgazette Friday, June 4, 2021 12:04:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “When (McDavid) doesn’t play with Leon (Draisaitl), McDavid’s all over the ice,” “He’s very dynamic, great skater, he can kind of turn nothing into something at any given point in the game. Such an electric player. Auston, I watch him play, very, very intelligent, a sneaky good skater, strong. He just finds areas to get himself open to shoot. McDavid you’re more worried about skating and Matthews you’re more worried about where the shot is”

montrealgazette Thursday, May 20, 2021 8:55:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron said : “I think the three of us are pretty aware of when we’re at the peak of our game what we bring to the table,”

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Paul Bron said : “He’s a young guy, he works hard,”

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Paul Bron added : “Some certain plays maybe earlier on in the year a little hesitant or just kind of playing safe and now he’s making great plays, he’s confident with the puck, he’s skating really well,” “He just seems like a different player and he’s playing great hockey for our team right now and he’s certainly someone that can chip in and provide for this team. I’ve said we’re going to need 20 guys to step up and he’s done a great job of that so far and we need to keep going and keep bringing it”

montrealgazette Thursday, May 20, 2021 8:01:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron said : “The only focus from our team right now is to play the best hockey we can and try and win the series,”

montrealgazette Wednesday, May 19, 2021 4:09:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron added : “I think it’s pretty exciting for Toronto and Montreal right now to have the opportunity to play each other in the playoffs,”

montrealgazette Wednesday, May 19, 2021 4:09:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron explained : “His body positioning, the way he defends the hockey game,” “I think he’s got elite-level IQ on the ice and he reads the play really well. He can gap up, he plays hard and for him I think getting some of that rest time you’re going to see a little bit of a new player. It’s crazy how different you can feel from not playing for a few weeks, three weeks. You’re so excited to play in the game and not drained, not fatigued. I know Shea’s an incredible player, he a warrior, competitor, competitive. He’s going to be ready to go. He’s our captain for a reason and he’s going to lead our ship”

montrealgazette Wednesday, May 19, 2021 4:13:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said ( about Connor McDavid ) : “For Dom to put our line together like that, to go against Connor, shows how much confidence he has in us,”

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Paul Bron said : “This whole week I’ve been working on conditioning and skating,” “I felt better than I have in a long time”

montrealgazette Tuesday, May 11, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “It’s not just the mental grind, the physical grind,”

montrealgazette Tuesday, May 11, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said ( about Jake Allen ) : “Sometimes you kind of want to ease yourself in for your first game back (from injury) but getting that assignment right away just kind of put me in a mental mindset that this was a playoff game,” “There’s no easing back into it, you need to be 100-per-cent ready to play tonight. Jake and Art were unbelievable. It was great being able to play along with those two tonight. It was a lot of fun”

montrealgazette Tuesday, May 11, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “I honestly never thought of it like that, to be honest,” “My focus was just playing tonight and trying to win a hockey game. That’s it. The playoffs are a week or so away, maybe further. But before today we didn’t even know where we sat. Tonight was an enormous game. We know what was at stake. I was just trying not to put too much focus on stuff that’s out of my control. For Dom to put our line together like that to go against Connor shows how much confidence he has in us. I thought Jake handled the task exceptionally well. Art, I can’t say enough about his big goal in the third period. Getting his goal called back to go out there and fire that rocket in that was great for him. He works hard and he deserved that one”

montrealgazette Tuesday, May 11, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “The rules are different, the government rules are different,”

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Paul Bron said : “There’s nothing really like this season, there’s no training in the world you can do to prepare for what we’ve faced this year and we’ll probably never have a challenge like this again,” “But I think it’s made our team stronger, fighting through adversity and getting through it as a team is something that’s big for our team. I love the guys in our room, I think we have a great group and we’re certainly capable of accomplishing something special, I think”

montrealgazette Tuesday, May 11, 2021 4:53:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “The rules are different, the government rules are different,”

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Paul Bron said : “There’s nothing really like this season, there’s no training in the world you can do to prepare for what we’ve faced this year and we’ll probably never have a challenge like this again,” “But I think it’s made our team stronger, fighting through adversity and getting through it as a team is something that’s big for our team. I love the guys in our room, I think we have a great group and we’re certainly capable of accomplishing something special, I think”

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Paul Bron added : “We know how big it is tonight,” “We want to get things back on the right foot, show that we’re the team we’re capable of playing up to. Down the stretch here there’s a lot of games coming up, but it’s time for our team to start finding new levels in our game, everyone coming together, everyone taking the system in now and executing every night. That’s our big focus, that’s something we’ve got to do. The challenge tonight against the Leafs, a very good hockey team, it’s a great challenge for our club and I think everyone on our team’s excited for that challenge. When you play the best it should bring out the best in you”

montrealgazette Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:13:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “Honestly, there’s not really much to say right now,”

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Paul Bron said : “He’s a great young hockey player, great defenceman,”

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Paul Bron added : “For times like tonight where you’re missing two guys to have two guys step in and play good minutes for the team, reliable minutes, it’s huge for our team,” “We talked about our depth at the start of the year. Everyone embracing that, everyone kind of believing in their role, believing in the system, believing in the team. That’s just the mentality. Everyone works hard every day to try to be the best player they can. It’s just something about being here. Everyone kind of fits into that mould, everyone has the same mentality and it just makes coming to work a lot of fun every day”

montrealgazette Wednesday, March 31, 2021 7:43:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “I think the league in each rink has kind of done a good job of trying to implement some energy, some crowd noise, to kind of give it as much as an authentic feel as possible,” “It will never be the same, but I think as time goes on you just get more adapted to kind of be in your zone more, not focusing on outside things. Stuff that you do inside a game, a big hit, a big save, a shot block, a big goal, it’s still never the same as having fans in the rink to cheer you on. So it’s just something as a professional athlete you have to get used to it at times and I think the league’s done a good job of adapting to the situation”

montrealgazette Saturday, January 30, 2021 1:09:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “Honestly, if you just draw up the lines, we have three really, really good hockey lines right now and we just happen to be the fourth line,”

montrealgazette Friday, January 29, 2021 9:05:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron added : “When our team comes off a power play, we get matched up against the top line and there’s no fear from us at all,” “We embrace that. We embrace our role, embrace our identity, go out and have a great shift for the team. We generate some momentum, play the other team’s top line hard. The fact that the three of us can penalty-kill gives us the confidence to go out there and play well five-on-five. I think the offence of our line, we’re capable of bringing a lot. I think we can play a really good game defensively. Our identity, our team, is built on four lines just kind of being able to hit you one after another and not really slowing down or giving the other team a chance to regroup, break and get the pressure back on you. So I like our line a lot right now, I like what we can do and I think we’re going to continue to get better and grow as a line the more we play together”

montrealgazette Friday, January 29, 2021 9:05:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “We have three really good lines and I guess we’re the fourth line. But if you took any of the individuals on our line and put them on a lot of other teams, they’d be on the third line,” “We know how good a line we can be and how we can impact a game. Coming off our power play, we’re out there matched against a top line and there’s no fear, we embrace that role. The fact that we all play on the penalty kill gives us the confidence to go up against the top lines”

montrealgazette Thursday, January 28, 2021 11:07:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron said : “It was super weird at first,” “I think back to the first game in Toronto, you could hear every bounce and noise in the arena. There was no energy. But I think everybody has gotten used to it. It’s been almost a year since we played a game with fans. We miss them. They have such an impact”

montrealgazette Thursday, January 28, 2021 11:07:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron said : “Honestly, if you just draw up the lines, we have three really, really good hockey lines right now and we just happen to be the fourth line,”

montrealgazette Thursday, January 28, 2021 7:54:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron added : “When our team comes off a power play, we get matched up against the top line and there’s no fear from us at all,”

montrealgazette Thursday, January 28, 2021 7:54:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron added : “It’s super important that everyone does their part to help limit the spread,” “We’ll see how the year progresses with that. But right now I’m pretty confident in my kids, my wife. I know they’re doing a lot of sacrifice to stay home and do what they can to help out the team and help out the NHL. But at the end of the day, they don’t really have all that much to do so it’s been fairly easy for them. I’m very lucky to have a great wife and kids that are understanding and they’re willing to make that sacrifice for us”

montrealgazette Thursday, January 28, 2021 7:26:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron added : “It’s super important that everyone does their part to help limit the spread,” “We’ll see how the year progresses with that. But right now I’m pretty confident in my kids, my wife. I know they’re doing a lot of sacrifice to stay home and do what they can to help out the team and help out the NHL. But at the end of the day, they don’t really have all that much to do so it’s been fairly easy for them. I’m very lucky to have a great wife and kids that are understanding and they’re willing to make that sacrifice for us”

montrealgazette Thursday, January 28, 2021 5:06:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “We have three really good lines and I guess we’re the fourth line. But if you took any of the individuals on our line and put them on a lot of other teams, they’d be on the third line,” “We know how good a line we can be and how we can impact a game. Coming off our power play, we’re out there matched against a top line and there’s no fear, we embrace that role. The fact that we all play on the penalty kill gives us the confidence to go up against the top lines”

montrealgazette Thursday, January 28, 2021 2:17:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “It was super weird at first,” “I think back to the first game in Toronto, you could hear every bounce and noise in the arena. There was no energy. But I think everybody has gotten used to it. It’s been almost a year since we played a game with fans. We miss them. They have such an impact”

montrealgazette Thursday, January 28, 2021 2:17:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “But I think we have a lot of guys that have played in the Western Conference before and are kind of used to all that travel,”

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Paul Bron added : “I think our trainers and the coaching staff have done a great job of managing reps, managing rest and how important that’s going to be for our team going forward,” “So everyone’s going to work as hard as they can every time we’re on the ice and in the gym and stuff like that. But getting in the rest is important to make sure that when you go on the ice you can work as hard as you can and put in the quality of work you need for the games”

montrealgazette Thursday, January 21, 2021 9:45:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “I don’t think it’s a concern at all,”

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Paul Bron added : “The young guys have really stepped up their game,” “They’re playing incredible hockey for us. Everyone else right now is just trying to play as hard as we can. This thing could be over any day. It’s a lot of motivation for us knowing that every game you just give it your all and we’ll see what happens. You don’t have to worry about the long grind of the season and where the standings are. It’s just one game at a time. Put your focus on that game, and the guys are doing really well with that right now”

montrealgazette Sunday, August 16, 2020 2:40:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron added : “The young guys have really stepped up their game,” “They’re playing incredible hockey for us. Everyone else right now is just trying to play as hard as we can. This thing could be over any day. It’s a lot of motivation for us knowing that every game you just give it your all and we’ll see what happens. You don’t have to worry about the long grind of the season and where the standings are. It’s just one game at a time. Put your focus on that game, and the guys are doing really well with that right now”

montrealgazette Saturday, August 15, 2020 11:20:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron said : “He’s a leader for our team. A warrior for us,”

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Paul Bron said : “I was skeptical, especially because the hub cities were chosen at the last minute, but I’m pleasantly surprised by the hotel,” “They have a pretty good setup for us. Everyone’s excited to be playing hockey again. It’s been a few weeks in Phase 3 (of the NHL’s Return to Play Plan) and now that we’re in the hotel, it’s nice to focus on the games and start the grind”

montrealgazette Tuesday, July 28, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron said : “I was skeptical, especially because the hub cities were chosen at the last minute, but I’m pleasantly surprised by the hotel,” “They have a pretty good setup for us. Everyone’s excited to be playing hockey again. It’s been a few weeks in Phase 3 (of the NHL’s Return to Play Plan) and now that we’re in the hotel, it’s nice to focus on the games and start the grind”

montrealgazette Tuesday, July 28, 2020 12:43:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “Honestly, it was an accumulation of three, four days before that,”

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Paul Bron said ( about Claude Julien ) : “People ask all the time: ‘Were you healthy, do you have a head injury?’ ” “To the point where I was starting to doubt myself. I know I had no injury, I know I was fine. I just was in a funk. It was a hard time getting out of it. I was working with the coaches, I was working with Dom (Ducharme), I was working with Claude. We were doing video. Five, six, seven games before I got hurt I know I was getting there, I know my game was turning around. I was picking up my timing back. I remember the game against Boston (a 5-4 win over the Bruins), I remember our team how hard we played against Washington (the 5-2 win in the game he was injured). That was a big week for our team. The (slow) start was what it is, but it’s a long year and that stuff happens”

montrealgazette Thursday, March 5, 2020 4:42:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “Replacing those guys is hard, obviously,”

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Paul Bron said ( about Dale Weise ) : “Our message going forward was those guys are on good teams now and we’re happy for them,” “But we have guys now that can get the job done for our team. (Dale Weise’s) got some great experience, (Weal’s) a good player and a guy like Jake Evans can play a big role for our team right now. So the opportunity’s there for someone to seize that opportunity and our team’s going to keep playing hard, keep pushing and we did a pretty good job for most of the game tonight, but just fell short”

montrealgazette Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:39:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “It’s always nice to score (at home),” “I have lots of friends here. My dad is watching the game at home, my mom and my brothers are here and my wife and kids are watching back home. I like playing in Ottawa. It doesn’t matter where we are in the standings, there’s always that rivalry between us. Winning makes it little better”

montrealgazette Sunday, February 23, 2020 11:57:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron said : “This is the time of year when things get tighter and the passion comes out in the game,” “We expect that from that team. They like to come out hard and we played them hard”

montrealgazette Sunday, February 23, 2020 11:57:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron said : “It’s always nice to score (at home),” “I have lots of friends here. My dad is watching the game at home, my mom and my brothers are here and my wife and kids are watching back home. I like playing in Ottawa. It doesn’t matter where we are in the standings, there’s always that rivalry between us. Winning makes it little better”

montrealgazette Sunday, February 23, 2020 7:43:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “This is the time of year when things get tighter and the passion comes out in the game,” “We expect that from that team. They like to come out hard and we played them hard”

montrealgazette Sunday, February 23, 2020 7:43:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “We’re 10, 11 points out of the playoffs and we’ve played more games than everyone else and the difference between ourselves and everyone else is games like the one tonight,” “The last time we were in Detroit, we had a lead in the third period and we didn’t win. We have to find a way to win those games. It hurts”

montrealgazette Wednesday, February 19, 2020 7:54:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “I’m glad to be back because it was supposed to be a short recovery,”

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Paul Bron said : “I don’t know what criteria I need to meet to play,” “Do I need it? I know it would help, for sure. But put the puck on the ice, I’m going to go out there and I’m going to play as hard as I can. I don’t need a practice to be in that mindset. I’m ready for that right now”

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Paul Bron added : "I think he's been one of our most consistent players all year," "He gives full effort every game and he made so many big saves to keep us in the game. Our first period wasn't great, there was a lot of pressure in our zone and to be able to get into the second period at 1-1 gave us a lot of confidence"

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Paul Bron added : "There's a lot of guys that are trying to prove [themselves] to management,"

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Paul Bron added : "There's a lot of guys that are trying to prove [themselves] to management,"

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Paul Bron said : “If we take the game as a whole I think we played well,” “The shots they took went in and ours didn’t. I think that we’d win this game nine times out of 10”

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Paul Bron said : “He’s a competitor. He sees more than just the goals. A lot of players, it’s easy to focus on points and think you’re just doing a good job. But there’s a lot of areas in the game that you can continue to work on. I think it shows his commitment, his drive, his passion to get better every day. To have that kind of self awareness to critique his game like that is only going to make him better each day. It’s good to see — a young kid who maybe would score a couple of goals and feel really good about himself and not care too much. That’s not it with Cole. He really cares about the details, winning games and making sure he’s good for 60 minutes. As he gets older, if he keeps that mindset there’s no doubt in my mind he’s going to be that player for us”

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Paul Bron added : “Something like that is so far beyond your control as a player,”

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Paul Bron said : “Game in, game out, he brings stability to the team,”

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Paul Bron added : “You need the guys you want to go to war with,” “You need guys that can wear teams down, wear good players down. By Game 4, Game 5, Game 6 when you get guys that don’t really want to go in the corners anymore, don’t want to get the puck first, that’s when the series starts to change. He’s been a great player for us. He’s taken a more offensive role on our team, more leadership. It’s been fun watching him kind of grow his game the last few years. We’ll see what happens with him. It’s been fun”

montrealgazette Tuesday, March 15, 2022 11:04:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron added : “They’ve been with me through a lot of ups and downs in my career,” “Travelled many miles moving across the country. My wife’s been by my side since Day 1, when I started my pro career in Portland, Maine. To think back where I was at 15, 16 years old, thinking about maybe not even making the Junior B team and kind of not going back to the Double-A team because you didn’t want to play there. That could have been the end of my career. I could have been playing single-letter hockey with my buddies and just going to school and that would have been it”

montrealgazette Friday, February 18, 2022 1:26:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “It’s one of those things in life, if you told us at the start of last year this is what would be the consequence of the run we went on, I think most guys would have taken it, to be honest,”

montrealgazette Sunday, January 30, 2022 5:06:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron added : “It’s been a challenge all year,” “It’s been hard to watch, it’s been hard to be around the guys. There’s been some low days here, for sure. The focus now for everybody is just try to get healthy, get everyone back and start building something up for next year”

montrealgazette Sunday, January 30, 2022 5:06:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “That was kind of the moment where the lightbulb went off in the head that said: OK, it’s time to get it fixed,”

montrealgazette Sunday, January 30, 2022 5:06:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “You know he’s going to shut the door,”

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Paul Bron said : “He gives our group a lot of confidence,” “He makes a lot of big saves. He’s always there for us. He’s playing really well. His level of confidence and his energy are felt by the entire team”

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Paul Bron added : “It doesn’t really matter what’s said outside the room,” “We’ve always had internal belief in ourselves, what we can do as a group. You look around the room, the players that we have, Shea (Weber) and Corey (Perry) and Gally, Phil (Danault), Cole (Caufield) now, Eric (Staal). We have guys that have won, we have young guys, lots of great role players. It’s not too often you have a team of our calibre right now and a chance like we have on our table, so we want to make the most of that. It’s the best time of year. You work all year for this moment and it’s time to get started”

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Paul Bron said : “When I was in Buffalo I saw Nathan Gerbe, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy, guys who weren’t that big and just found a way to have success,”

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Paul Bron said : “When I was in Buffalo I saw Nathan Gerbe, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy, guys who weren’t that big and just found a way to have success,”

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Paul Bron added : “I know Cole’s doing a great job,” “He’s playing really, really well for us right now and the more he plays the more comfortable he’s going to get. He’s going to be a great player for our team for a long time”

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Paul Bron added : “All the guys on the team, they love him,”

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Paul Bron said : “I think coming off a pretty emotional high from the Toronto series our team found a way to really carry the momentum into the game last night,”

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Paul Bron added : “I know it sounds cliché, but that’s what playoff hockey is,” “You can’t have a weak link. You can’t have a line that takes a night off. For our team that’s kind of our identity is just having four lines to attack you, to forecheck you, to create turnovers. Spend zone time … it puts a lot of pressure on their team and makes the game harder for them. So the game plan going into the next game we’ll try to replicate and do the same thing. Watch some tape, see how we can improve our game and try and get better each night and know that each win becomes harder and harder”

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Paul Bron said : “When (McDavid) doesn’t play with Leon (Draisaitl), McDavid’s all over the ice,” “He’s very dynamic, great skater, he can kind of turn nothing into something at any given point in the game. Such an electric player. Auston, I watch him play, very, very intelligent, a sneaky good skater, strong. He just finds areas to get himself open to shoot. McDavid you’re more worried about skating and Matthews you’re more worried about where the shot is”

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Paul Bron said : “I think the three of us are pretty aware of when we’re at the peak of our game what we bring to the table,”

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Paul Bron said : “He’s a young guy, he works hard,”

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Paul Bron added : “Some certain plays maybe earlier on in the year a little hesitant or just kind of playing safe and now he’s making great plays, he’s confident with the puck, he’s skating really well,” “He just seems like a different player and he’s playing great hockey for our team right now and he’s certainly someone that can chip in and provide for this team. I’ve said we’re going to need 20 guys to step up and he’s done a great job of that so far and we need to keep going and keep bringing it”

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Paul Bron said : “The only focus from our team right now is to play the best hockey we can and try and win the series,”

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Paul Bron added : “I think it’s pretty exciting for Toronto and Montreal right now to have the opportunity to play each other in the playoffs,”

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Paul Bron explained : “His body positioning, the way he defends the hockey game,” “I think he’s got elite-level IQ on the ice and he reads the play really well. He can gap up, he plays hard and for him I think getting some of that rest time you’re going to see a little bit of a new player. It’s crazy how different you can feel from not playing for a few weeks, three weeks. You’re so excited to play in the game and not drained, not fatigued. I know Shea’s an incredible player, he a warrior, competitor, competitive. He’s going to be ready to go. He’s our captain for a reason and he’s going to lead our ship”

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Paul Bron said ( about Connor McDavid ) : “For Dom to put our line together like that, to go against Connor, shows how much confidence he has in us,”

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Paul Bron said : “This whole week I’ve been working on conditioning and skating,” “I felt better than I have in a long time”

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Paul Bron said : “It’s not just the mental grind, the physical grind,”

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Paul Bron said ( about Jake Allen ) : “Sometimes you kind of want to ease yourself in for your first game back (from injury) but getting that assignment right away just kind of put me in a mental mindset that this was a playoff game,” “There’s no easing back into it, you need to be 100-per-cent ready to play tonight. Jake and Art were unbelievable. It was great being able to play along with those two tonight. It was a lot of fun”

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Paul Bron said : “I honestly never thought of it like that, to be honest,” “My focus was just playing tonight and trying to win a hockey game. That’s it. The playoffs are a week or so away, maybe further. But before today we didn’t even know where we sat. Tonight was an enormous game. We know what was at stake. I was just trying not to put too much focus on stuff that’s out of my control. For Dom to put our line together like that to go against Connor shows how much confidence he has in us. I thought Jake handled the task exceptionally well. Art, I can’t say enough about his big goal in the third period. Getting his goal called back to go out there and fire that rocket in that was great for him. He works hard and he deserved that one”

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Paul Bron said : “The rules are different, the government rules are different,”

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Paul Bron said : “There’s nothing really like this season, there’s no training in the world you can do to prepare for what we’ve faced this year and we’ll probably never have a challenge like this again,” “But I think it’s made our team stronger, fighting through adversity and getting through it as a team is something that’s big for our team. I love the guys in our room, I think we have a great group and we’re certainly capable of accomplishing something special, I think”

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Paul Bron said : “The rules are different, the government rules are different,”

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Paul Bron said : “There’s nothing really like this season, there’s no training in the world you can do to prepare for what we’ve faced this year and we’ll probably never have a challenge like this again,” “But I think it’s made our team stronger, fighting through adversity and getting through it as a team is something that’s big for our team. I love the guys in our room, I think we have a great group and we’re certainly capable of accomplishing something special, I think”

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Paul Bron added : “We know how big it is tonight,” “We want to get things back on the right foot, show that we’re the team we’re capable of playing up to. Down the stretch here there’s a lot of games coming up, but it’s time for our team to start finding new levels in our game, everyone coming together, everyone taking the system in now and executing every night. That’s our big focus, that’s something we’ve got to do. The challenge tonight against the Leafs, a very good hockey team, it’s a great challenge for our club and I think everyone on our team’s excited for that challenge. When you play the best it should bring out the best in you”

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Paul Bron said : “Honestly, there’s not really much to say right now,”

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Paul Bron said : “He’s a great young hockey player, great defenceman,”

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Paul Bron added : “For times like tonight where you’re missing two guys to have two guys step in and play good minutes for the team, reliable minutes, it’s huge for our team,” “We talked about our depth at the start of the year. Everyone embracing that, everyone kind of believing in their role, believing in the system, believing in the team. That’s just the mentality. Everyone works hard every day to try to be the best player they can. It’s just something about being here. Everyone kind of fits into that mould, everyone has the same mentality and it just makes coming to work a lot of fun every day”

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Paul Bron said : “I think the league in each rink has kind of done a good job of trying to implement some energy, some crowd noise, to kind of give it as much as an authentic feel as possible,” “It will never be the same, but I think as time goes on you just get more adapted to kind of be in your zone more, not focusing on outside things. Stuff that you do inside a game, a big hit, a big save, a shot block, a big goal, it’s still never the same as having fans in the rink to cheer you on. So it’s just something as a professional athlete you have to get used to it at times and I think the league’s done a good job of adapting to the situation”

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Paul Bron said : “Honestly, if you just draw up the lines, we have three really, really good hockey lines right now and we just happen to be the fourth line,”

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Paul Bron added : “When our team comes off a power play, we get matched up against the top line and there’s no fear from us at all,” “We embrace that. We embrace our role, embrace our identity, go out and have a great shift for the team. We generate some momentum, play the other team’s top line hard. The fact that the three of us can penalty-kill gives us the confidence to go out there and play well five-on-five. I think the offence of our line, we’re capable of bringing a lot. I think we can play a really good game defensively. Our identity, our team, is built on four lines just kind of being able to hit you one after another and not really slowing down or giving the other team a chance to regroup, break and get the pressure back on you. So I like our line a lot right now, I like what we can do and I think we’re going to continue to get better and grow as a line the more we play together”

montrealgazette Friday, January 29, 2021 9:05:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “We have three really good lines and I guess we’re the fourth line. But if you took any of the individuals on our line and put them on a lot of other teams, they’d be on the third line,” “We know how good a line we can be and how we can impact a game. Coming off our power play, we’re out there matched against a top line and there’s no fear, we embrace that role. The fact that we all play on the penalty kill gives us the confidence to go up against the top lines”

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Paul Bron said : “It was super weird at first,” “I think back to the first game in Toronto, you could hear every bounce and noise in the arena. There was no energy. But I think everybody has gotten used to it. It’s been almost a year since we played a game with fans. We miss them. They have such an impact”

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Paul Bron said : “Honestly, if you just draw up the lines, we have three really, really good hockey lines right now and we just happen to be the fourth line,”

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Paul Bron added : “When our team comes off a power play, we get matched up against the top line and there’s no fear from us at all,”

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Paul Bron added : “It’s super important that everyone does their part to help limit the spread,” “We’ll see how the year progresses with that. But right now I’m pretty confident in my kids, my wife. I know they’re doing a lot of sacrifice to stay home and do what they can to help out the team and help out the NHL. But at the end of the day, they don’t really have all that much to do so it’s been fairly easy for them. I’m very lucky to have a great wife and kids that are understanding and they’re willing to make that sacrifice for us”

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Paul Bron added : “It’s super important that everyone does their part to help limit the spread,” “We’ll see how the year progresses with that. But right now I’m pretty confident in my kids, my wife. I know they’re doing a lot of sacrifice to stay home and do what they can to help out the team and help out the NHL. But at the end of the day, they don’t really have all that much to do so it’s been fairly easy for them. I’m very lucky to have a great wife and kids that are understanding and they’re willing to make that sacrifice for us”

montrealgazette Thursday, January 28, 2021 5:06:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “We have three really good lines and I guess we’re the fourth line. But if you took any of the individuals on our line and put them on a lot of other teams, they’d be on the third line,” “We know how good a line we can be and how we can impact a game. Coming off our power play, we’re out there matched against a top line and there’s no fear, we embrace that role. The fact that we all play on the penalty kill gives us the confidence to go up against the top lines”

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Paul Bron said : “It was super weird at first,” “I think back to the first game in Toronto, you could hear every bounce and noise in the arena. There was no energy. But I think everybody has gotten used to it. It’s been almost a year since we played a game with fans. We miss them. They have such an impact”

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Paul Bron said : “But I think we have a lot of guys that have played in the Western Conference before and are kind of used to all that travel,”

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Paul Bron added : “I think our trainers and the coaching staff have done a great job of managing reps, managing rest and how important that’s going to be for our team going forward,” “So everyone’s going to work as hard as they can every time we’re on the ice and in the gym and stuff like that. But getting in the rest is important to make sure that when you go on the ice you can work as hard as you can and put in the quality of work you need for the games”

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Paul Bron said : “I don’t think it’s a concern at all,”

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Paul Bron added : “The young guys have really stepped up their game,” “They’re playing incredible hockey for us. Everyone else right now is just trying to play as hard as we can. This thing could be over any day. It’s a lot of motivation for us knowing that every game you just give it your all and we’ll see what happens. You don’t have to worry about the long grind of the season and where the standings are. It’s just one game at a time. Put your focus on that game, and the guys are doing really well with that right now”

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Paul Bron added : “The young guys have really stepped up their game,” “They’re playing incredible hockey for us. Everyone else right now is just trying to play as hard as we can. This thing could be over any day. It’s a lot of motivation for us knowing that every game you just give it your all and we’ll see what happens. You don’t have to worry about the long grind of the season and where the standings are. It’s just one game at a time. Put your focus on that game, and the guys are doing really well with that right now”

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Paul Bron said : “He’s a leader for our team. A warrior for us,”

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Paul Bron said : “I was skeptical, especially because the hub cities were chosen at the last minute, but I’m pleasantly surprised by the hotel,” “They have a pretty good setup for us. Everyone’s excited to be playing hockey again. It’s been a few weeks in Phase 3 (of the NHL’s Return to Play Plan) and now that we’re in the hotel, it’s nice to focus on the games and start the grind”

montrealgazette Tuesday, July 28, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron said : “I was skeptical, especially because the hub cities were chosen at the last minute, but I’m pleasantly surprised by the hotel,” “They have a pretty good setup for us. Everyone’s excited to be playing hockey again. It’s been a few weeks in Phase 3 (of the NHL’s Return to Play Plan) and now that we’re in the hotel, it’s nice to focus on the games and start the grind”

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Paul Bron said : “Honestly, it was an accumulation of three, four days before that,”

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Paul Bron said ( about Claude Julien ) : “People ask all the time: ‘Were you healthy, do you have a head injury?’ ” “To the point where I was starting to doubt myself. I know I had no injury, I know I was fine. I just was in a funk. It was a hard time getting out of it. I was working with the coaches, I was working with Dom (Ducharme), I was working with Claude. We were doing video. Five, six, seven games before I got hurt I know I was getting there, I know my game was turning around. I was picking up my timing back. I remember the game against Boston (a 5-4 win over the Bruins), I remember our team how hard we played against Washington (the 5-2 win in the game he was injured). That was a big week for our team. The (slow) start was what it is, but it’s a long year and that stuff happens”

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Paul Bron said : “Replacing those guys is hard, obviously,”

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Paul Bron said ( about Dale Weise ) : “Our message going forward was those guys are on good teams now and we’re happy for them,” “But we have guys now that can get the job done for our team. (Dale Weise’s) got some great experience, (Weal’s) a good player and a guy like Jake Evans can play a big role for our team right now. So the opportunity’s there for someone to seize that opportunity and our team’s going to keep playing hard, keep pushing and we did a pretty good job for most of the game tonight, but just fell short”

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Paul Bron said : “It’s always nice to score (at home),” “I have lots of friends here. My dad is watching the game at home, my mom and my brothers are here and my wife and kids are watching back home. I like playing in Ottawa. It doesn’t matter where we are in the standings, there’s always that rivalry between us. Winning makes it little better”

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Paul Bron said : “This is the time of year when things get tighter and the passion comes out in the game,” “We expect that from that team. They like to come out hard and we played them hard”

montrealgazette Sunday, February 23, 2020 11:57:00 PM EAT

Paul Bron said : “It’s always nice to score (at home),” “I have lots of friends here. My dad is watching the game at home, my mom and my brothers are here and my wife and kids are watching back home. I like playing in Ottawa. It doesn’t matter where we are in the standings, there’s always that rivalry between us. Winning makes it little better”

montrealgazette Sunday, February 23, 2020 7:43:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “This is the time of year when things get tighter and the passion comes out in the game,” “We expect that from that team. They like to come out hard and we played them hard”

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Paul Bron said : “We’re 10, 11 points out of the playoffs and we’ve played more games than everyone else and the difference between ourselves and everyone else is games like the one tonight,” “The last time we were in Detroit, we had a lead in the third period and we didn’t win. We have to find a way to win those games. It hurts”

montrealgazette Wednesday, February 19, 2020 7:54:00 AM EAT

Paul Bron said : “I’m glad to be back because it was supposed to be a short recovery,”

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Paul Bron said : “I don’t know what criteria I need to meet to play,” “Do I need it? I know it would help, for sure. But put the puck on the ice, I’m going to go out there and I’m going to play as hard as I can. I don’t need a practice to be in that mindset. I’m ready for that right now”

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