“It won't change the way I'm going to play. Captain or not, I hope the work ethic I try to take on the ice every game will be an example the young guys can follow. I try to be a guy who leads by example and by doing all the little things right to help the team win.”
“I've learned a lot from him. Whenever he's home, we talk about it. This is my fifth year in the league, so I already know a lot of the referees in the league.”
“It's killing us having to wait so much because that was a very disappointing game. It was a combination of them playing some fantastic hockey and us not playing our best. You never like to lose, but it's made us more focused for the home opener.”
“It was no big deal, just another point. But it was cool scoring that many points and much more fun than a tight game. Our power play is really moving the puck well, and there's no selfishness.”
“Bridges made some great saves. He's a great goalie, everyone knows that. He just came out and had another great performance tonight. We had lots of chances.”
“We had the attitude that we were going to score a lot more goals [in the opener], and maybe that wasn't the best thing to do. We need to get back to doing all the little things right 100 percent of the time. Once we do that, our offense will make us a potent team.”
“At the end of practice, K.C. [Constantine] pointed at one of our championship banners and said we were blowing a good opportunity to maybe get another one here. He told us it didn't really seem like we wanted it. I think we responded to that.”
“Man, he's just magical sometimes. That first goal was unbelievable, a highlight-reel goal. Then he went to the net hard and potted two more. He's a goal scorer. He's going to do that for the rest of his career.”
“I just want to forget about the game, pretend it never happened. There's no sense getting too frustrated about it. We had a lot of guys playing only the second or third games of their careers, so you can't put too much stock in it. We just have so many guys nursing minor injuries or battling sickness. I'm fairly healthy so I was the lucky candidate to play.”
