On the late first period situation in which Jonathan Quick came out of the game before returning:
We were notified through the headset from the league spotter that he had to come out. Apparently the league office had looked at the play when he got bumped into and deemed it worthy of ? what?s the term there ? a mandatory evaluation. So, as we were getting Darcy ready to go in the net, they said they?ve reviewed it a second time and he doesn?t have to come out, so when we tried to put him back in the net, the referees come over said that if there?s an injury on the ice, he has to come out for one play, and I said, ?well, he?s not injured. We were doing what we were told from the league,? and then they came over after and said, ?you know what? That?s never happened before.? So that was the read on it, which is respectful. I mean, they were doing what they thought was right. We just didn?t like a guy going in with a minute left in the period. So, everybody was just doing what they were told, and in the end, we wanted to put Jonny back in because we were told he could, but then they deemed at that point that he was an injured player and had to come out for one play. [Reporter: But he had been playing for about three minutes after that.] I don?t know. You?d have to ask the league that question. Quite honestly, we want to ask the league that question, because it was a little bit disruptive for everybody, I think. Nobody to blame, really, I just want a little bit more clarification on what it was. I mean, he didn?t want to come out. He felt fine. Somebody watched the play. There?s criteria, you know ? [Ed.: Stevens is referring to hypothetical criteria and not his observation] he looked a little off, it was his motor skills were off, maybe his movement they thought was different. He reached for his head. There are a lot of things they look at to try and determine. Hey, it?s for the safety of the player. We get that, so it was certainly respectful of the fact that we?ve got the best interest of the player?s safety at heart. [Reporter: So, just to be clear, John, he was pulled off by the concussion-] Spotter in the crowd. The neutral spotter told him to come off, so in the process of getting him off, they wired back down and said, ?we?ve reviewed it, he doesn?t have to come off.? So, then we tried to put Quickie back in the net and the referees determined at that point that he was an injured player and he had to come off for one play. [Reporter: What?s a ?mandatory evaluation?? Can a trainer just talk to a guy?] No, he has to come in the back to see a doctor. [Reporter: But he wasn?t evaluated by anybody, because by this time the league is saying he?s fine.] No, he was fine. Yeah. [Reporter: So nobody gave him any kind of concussion protocol evaluation, right?] No. No, he was fine.