I think it makes the game more interesting for the fans. For the players, absolutely the games become more intense each time. I'd like to see more of it. |
I thought that was our worst game of the tournament. We came out flat. Guys didn't have their legs underneath them, and it cost us early. The whole tournament we were playing from behind. |
I'm of the opinion that we didn't play well enough to win. We didn't play like the No.1 seed for this whole series. We put ourselves in this position, that's the unfortunate thing. |
It feels good but it's scary if we have to match up with them in the playoffs. These are always huge games for us. Playing against them, our special teams have risen to the occasion. |
It was exciting, it was great. We got up a couple of times and they scored one, and they got right back in it. They have great fans here, without a doubt. It was an exciting game. |
It would be better for everyone. The hockey would be better. Six games in eight days is extremely difficult. But everybody is in the same boat, so you can't use that as an excuse. |
It's another part of the schedule we have to deal with. The travel is terrible, so there's plenty of excuses built in for us, but we've gone out every night and worked hard and played the same way. I don't expect anything different in these games. |
It's been a lot of fun, obviously, playing on this team and with this organization. Everything feels so easy right now, everything is rolling. |
It's exciting to think about. |
Let's face it, he's been a great player for a couple of years now in this league, but he's just taken his game to another level this year, where he's dominant. Right now, I think he's the best player in the world. I do. He's playing every night the same way, in traffic, five-on-five, killing penalties; he's doing everything. |
No, it's because we don't consider them real threats. |
That was a Minnesota (Wild) type of game, where they laid back in the neutral zone. Those aren't the most exciting games to watch and certainly not the most exciting to play. But we played into their hands at times, turning the puck over, instead of getting it deep. |
That was a neat trick he did there, where he pretended he was going to drop his stick. It was all I could do not to break out laughing on the ice there. |
That's a defenseman, no matter how you slice it. A defenseman on a breakaway is still a defenseman. |
That's got to be the fastest goal scored by a new player on a new team in history. He stepped on the ice, walked right down the pipe and buried it. That was a great start. |