It?s not that I want to come back to be a savior or anything like that. I want to come back because I?m ready. Sure, it?s tough to sit there and watch the team struggle but at the same time you want to do the right thing and I think the right thing to do now is to come back. It?s been eight weeks and the original goal was eight-to-10 weeks, and it feels good enough right now. |
Look around, there are a lot of new faces. But they are all good players. |
Right now, it doesn't matter who we play [in the playoffs]. It's more how we go in and how we play once it starts. We see tonight how we came out in the first period. If that happens in the playoffs, it's going to hurt us. |
Robert stopped it, but it hit my skate and went under. Right away the ref called it a goal. |
Their team was really quick on every loose puck and that's where they beat us. Every time there was a battle we came up short. |
They had to come out and play strong in the first, |
They were moving the puck very quickly in our end (that period). |
We all talked about it this (yesterday) morning, ... A 4-2 lead for the Senators going into the third? We all changed the channel. Now, it's 'don't touch that remote.' |
We all the know the moves they made and we're all excited about it. It's going to be a great year. |
We gave them a pretty easy first period. We came back after that but it was too late. |
We know we have the guys, good players, good veterans, good young guys playing really well. We're pretty confident with what we have. In the playoffs, you never know. We go in and feel decent, feel better about our game, anything can happen. That's what I believe. You never know. |
When something like that happens you just want to make sure you make them pay. The best thing to do, rather than getting upset, is stay focused and take advantage of the five-minute major. |
You have to focus on the moment. There's no tomorrows. |