Free agent coach Joel Quenneville chimes in on the struggles of John Tavares and Tyler Bertuzzi

"That's a hard conversation to have. I think John has had a tremendous career...I think there's a understanding with him going back to Toronto and playing for the Leafs and he understands where they're at as a team. And it's the win now mode and you do everything you can to help the team in that situation and you find a way to fit in and I think he has a really good understanding of what their needs are and anything to stay positive internally within his own game. At the same time I think he knows he can be a valuable contributor by being positive around the team and adding everything he can maybe not in a bigger way but in his own way."

"You can't pluck confidence out of the air and give it to someone. There's going to be moments in a game where he has a good shift and maybe you come back with him real quickly and you reward him with a power play shift or an extra shift late in the period when they are going well. When they aren't going well they might miss some shifts you might take them out of the lineup. Players of that calibre, its tough to do that but at the same time there are ways of getting their attention where we have to do things differently. We can't keep going on like this and expect things to change unless we try different things. I think being open with the player and saying we need to try everything to get you back on the right track. Let's work together and find a solution."