This time of year everybody gets anxious to know who your opponent is. Now we know who our opponent is, and we can go about the process of preparing for them. It gives both teams an extra couple of days to prepare for your opposition. We've been watching them. I'm sure they've been watching us live and on tape. |
Throughout his career, Steve has found ways to make a big play at a critical point, |
To have the opportunity to represent my country again is something that I could not pass up. |
To stay on a minute-and-a-half of every penalty kill at his age, it goes to show his determination and commitment to training and competitiveness. He's had a tremendous year for us. |
We are not negotiating, |
We have two of the top six or seven goalies in the world and I want to be creative with a trade that makes sense for both teams and is financially sound for both teams. It might take more than two teams, whether it's a three-team deal or something else. |
We like our nucleus, the core of young players we have. We'd like to build something here. We want to be in position to add in the future, when the ages of unrestricted free agency goes down. |
We start from scratch, but the history between Detroit and Edmonton is we've always had close games. Both teams are really built on speed and skill. |
We think we have some good young legs. I think it's going to be more of a younger team. We're trying to find some veteran leadership and hopefully we can find that at the conclusion of the first round. |
We wanted to be one of the top three seeds. We knew Nashville was going to be a real good team, and after the first 45-50 games they were ahead of us, but our guys have really stuck to it. |
We were looking for a guy in the third pairing that can be safe, solid and steady. That's Cory's calling card. |
We weren't looking to do anything significant. Why do something significant? I think we've got five, six, seven players on our team that can play better. ... I still think as a team and individually, we can raise our game. So, again, why look to make a major overhaul at this stage of the game? |
We'd like to add some depth. We've identified some teams that may be willing to trade. We'll see if there's a fit. |
We'll be a difficult team to play against. |
We're looking for a guy to play in the third pair. Be safe. Be solid. And that's really Cory's calling card. |