I played solid throughout the year and had a solid finish and helped our team do better in the playoffs. So I think that can only help me. You never know what can happen. There's a lot of talent in the draft. |
I'm not worried about any head-to-head against him. This isn't about the draft. |
If the officials call the game the same way, we're going to have to adjust and be smart with our sticks. If we're on the power play, we're going to have to capitalize. |
It was good just to string a few shifts together and start playing as a team and getting one good shift after the other. |
It's definitely some good motivation. He put up some great numbers. It makes you realize that you're not only playing for the guys in the room with you now, but the guys who have been there before. |
Now that the season's over and there's not much I can do on the ice, I'll be looking into it. It could determine what team I'll [eventually] play for. |
There's a lot of great players in the draft. Kessel and Johnson may be rated before or behind me, I don't think it really matters. Anything can happen on draft day, depending on the lottery and the different interests from different teams. Anything can happen and I think that's why it's such an exciting day. |
Things are going well, things are clicking. Sometimes, you're playing well, you're moving the puck around, getting chances, and it doesn't go in for you. But ... the puck is going in. |
Things were clicking by all means. |
When you see him up close, you see all the little things he does and as a teammate it is appreciated. |
With our team this year, it was kind of a struggle for us, everyone knows we're a young team, we're up and down. We've beaten good teams and lost to weaker teams here and there and struggled to find consistency. So it's great that we've come this far. |
You know what? You've just got to go out there and try to control the things you can control, deal with things and stay mentally strong. |