A lot of teams are playing well. We want to get into a groove ourselves. Hopefully we can do that over the last 15 games. |
Everybody has nicks this time of the season, so it will be good to rest up. It's a chance to recharge a little bit. It will be good to get away for a short time. |
Everybody is looking for something out of the NHL because we're newly being tested. I just don't feel like it's a big deal in our sport. I think our sport is clean. |
I start thinking about plays. |
It is so much fun. It's a great feeling to have those butterflies in your stomach. To get that feeling, it's the best feeling. It's hard to get that for 82 (regular-season) games. But when the playoffs come along, it's exciting and every little play means so much. |
It's tough. Those are two key guys to our lineup. |
Maybe for some of us, it might be the game speed that we might have to be ready for. I think it's hard to say right now [how the team reacts]. Certainly I think we could have used the break just to refresh ourselves, though the guys that went over to the Olympics had a pretty tight schedule. You know what, hopefully it doesn't affect us. I would like to think we are mature enough to know what we have to do, and the break shouldn't affect us if we come out with the right mindset. |
We were a little too excited at the start. |