"The third period was clearly our best period ... I think some players in general didn't seem to have the jump, and you do your best to get the players out there that have the jump," he said.
Waddell choked back tears as he tried to explain why the team he built was bounced out of the games with just one win and no medals.
"We came here with higher expectations, and it's disappointing. But you have to move on," the Atlanta Thrashers general manager said.
But difficult travel plans and just two days from the time the NHL broke for the Olympics until the first game were hardly the reasons Laviolette was forced to call timeout before 11 minutes elapsed against Finland. His side was behind 1-0 and in danger of being swept off the ice.
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