Anytime you get a road win it's exciting ... but if you beat the Stanley Cup champions in their building it's a good boost. |
Every player, no matter where he's at, he always expects to be a little higher. I do the same for myself. It's not bad where I'm sitting at right now, but I think I might be a little higher than I am. |
He was my idol growing up. From the time I was 6 or 7 years old I wanted to be like him. I was a right-handed shot like him, and I liked the way he played. I wanted to be him someday. It's fun to watch him. He's so exciting. |
He's a great player. He has all the press, and he deserves it. |
He's such a good goalie that you have to do something different to beat him. There was a little bit of luck, but it still felt good. |
I certainly didn't want to go down there again. I think I belong in this league, and I think I can help this team win. Hopefully, I can prove it even more in the second half. |
I don't care too much if I play Crosby, or anybody else. It's just another game. I want to go out there and help my team win. |
I don't think they're bad. I just think they weren't very ready to play. |
I don't think we panicked or anything, we just came out hard. It was a little bit better than we played against Montreal, for sure. And it paid off. |
I think we're good. We're a good character team, we've got good goaltending, and all of that is paying off for us right now. |
I want to establish myself being on the ice and being a part of the team first. I'll try to establish myself as the go-to guy sometime in the future. |
I'm looking forward to (playing against Lemieux) more than all the other hype the media is raising. It's a dream come true. Once the puck drops it's all about business, but it's definitely going to be cool. It's still going to be a special day. |
It definitely will be a little tone setter. If you can beat them and set a good tone, maybe in the back of their minds they'll get frustrated. But if they walk in and beat us, 5-1, pretty easily, I think they'll be pretty comfortable and confident. So for both teams it's an important game. |
Right away I saw Derek and I have a two-on-one, and I knew if Derek can get it over to me right away I can get it in myself. I think the puck kind of rolled on Derek, and he had to settle it down, and once he passed it to me I think the goalie kind of read it, so I knew if I hold onto it for a split second and just give it right back Derek would have a pretty good chance on an open net. |
There were a lot of penalties, and Max and I don't kill so we were out of the flow and stuff. But that's not an excuse. I think we should have been playing better. We just didn't play as well as we can. |