I'm looking forward to seeing a lot less red in the crowd the next few nights. I think now that people know when the first playoff game is going to be played, you'll see us sell that out pretty quick.

I thought it felt just great. It was loud and exciting, and I feel like we've got the buzz back. Seventeen months was too long not to be playing.

I thought it was a great crowd tonight. It shows how important home ice is to us because we always play well in this arena.

Some teams will have to clean up old messes, but frankly, once that's done we shouldn't be losing money anymore.

I do expect to get some phone calls, from people saying that I was absolutely right, that they had fun at the game and that they're interested in getting season tickets.

Stanley has a water cup at home. We call it Stanley's cup.