Anytime you can (get back) a player who means so much to your team that's a good thing. He's got a lot of talent and he brings the speed as well. |
He's a guy who likes to play both ways. It's not very often that you see guys who can score goals that like to play physical. |
He's a very challenging guy who is very athletic. He grabbed his opportunity. Dominik is out and he's obviously now our No. 1 goalie. Ray is going to get a lot of games and he's going to feel confident going into the playoffs. |
I don't think we were as ready as yesterday. |
I got speared twice, so that's why I reacted like I reacted. |
I play hard; Mark plays hard. He's probably not the biggest guy in the league, but he plays with a lot of emotion, a lot of heart, and that's what happens when you have two guys who play hard for their teams. I have a lot of respect for him. |
I think there has to be a balance between confidence and respect. It's good to have confidence against a team, but you also have to play them hard and with respect. |
I'm sorry, I have no time for that. I can only watch one game at a time. |
It's a little bit frustrating. That's a pretty good trade for them when you think about it. That was only (Cairns') second shift of the game and they get me off the ice for 15 minutes. |
Not having him is not the reason we lost (Game 2), but we did miss him. Anytime you don't have a guy like that you're going to miss him. He plays a big role for us. |
That's a play we've used a few times this year. Alfie is a good enough player on the blue line if something happens. When it's 4-on-4, you've got to take advantage of that room. I was going to cut to the front of the net, but there was too much traffic so I decided to go around and try and jam it, to overpower everyone, and it worked. |
The most important thing is that we got the two points and we won the game. I thought we started the game really well, we played with intensity but then we let up a little bit and we let Boston get back in the game. |
Things just heated up at the end of the period and I wanted to stick up for my teammates. Cairns got on the ice and we exchanged a few words and I got speared twice. That's why I reacted the way I reacted. |
We really battled back hard and showed that this team never gives up. That's nice to see. |
We said to ourselves we have to play hard and fight for every inch on the ice. |