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I want you to fully appreciate the number of f-bombs he dropped on you in the back of his brain that didn’t come out, out of the sense of civility that he has, he’s a kind and civil and giving man, so the fact that he didn’t tell you how he really felt is maturity.

I’m not winning this argument, I’m going to get killed for that, I don’t care. There have been lots of days where I have wanted to come out and tell you what I’d like to invite all of you to do. It has nothing to do with you personally. It’s just that you’re not in a good mood that day, you don’t want to talk about it, but someone 3,000 miles away has told you you have to do this, and somebody’s getting fined, and we might, but he did do what he had to do, he spoke to the media, and you didn’t like it, and he’ll probably get over that.

Question: Does he hold himself accountable to the team? Does he say I screwed up, I made a mistake?

Maurice: That’s a fair question. And my answer to that is that those conversations I have with players are private. This is a full-time job for me. I got up at 5:30, did the video. So you can fairly assume that I’ve addressed most things that you think I should. But I also think those things should remain private. I absolutely love the guy. You know, I’ve moved him up and back, you know the overtime winner against Minnesota and he keeps that room light. He makes mistakes on the ice, and we deal with it, we talk. He has the right to come out and say what he said to you, and you know what I’m jealous. I’ll be honest with you, I would love to come out and have one of those days. I’d love — I have about five answers in my head every question, and one of them is so profane and inappropriate that my parents would disown me, well my dad maybe not so much, I learned most of it from him, but, oh I would love, I would enjoy so much and you know, you would too, it would be a nice break from the bull I’m firing out most days. So I’m a little jealous. I wish he had come out and — actually, no I don’t. I’m glad he did what he did. It’s not perfect and sometimes things aren’t right, but that’s Dustin, and we love him.