Chico was great on with Joel yesterday; some highlights of his chat

Chico Resch was great yesterday when he went on my dear friend Joel the Mouth’s radio program. Here are some highlights of what he said because, of course, yesterday was the first time the Internet stream didn’t work properly (and I was thus unable to record the segment).

— He mentioned the obvious, that the Devils do need to score more, especially when Cory Schneider is in net. And, the team went out and did just that for him last night in Raleigh.

— He was dismayed that Marty would have even said he’s no longer the no. 1 goalie on this team. He said he will be the no. 1 goalie until he leaves or retires.

— Though he was again dismayed by the reports, he did say it would be fine if Marty were to accept a trade at the end of this season to go to a team that had a chance to win a Stanley Cup.

— Watching Jaromir Jagr’s resurgence has been one of the most enjoyable things for Chico, he says, in some time.

— Joel asked Chico a question for me about the team’s pitiful attendance this season. I learned something I had never known before yesterday. Each game, there are two attendance figures — one is the one we see in the box-scores and the other is a turnstile count that goes to the league and club executives.

I always believed the announced attendance should be the turnstile count — and there is apparently a mechanism to do just that. What I wouldn’t give to see the nightly turnstile count.

— He refused to place blame on Darcy Regier in Buffalo. In fact, he says some of the final trades that he made before he was fired (Matt Moulson, etc.) will turn out to be extremely beneficial for the Sabres — though it might take three years before the fruits of those trades are noticed.