He's still one of the best skaters in the league, ... You want Mike to have open ice. You hope that guys like him will be able to show their skills and take over the game.

231

We're trying to build confidence and a style of play with hard work, so this was big. We're moving toward that now.

192

It wasn't pretty. It was actually kind of embarrassing. It was nice to have a good answer.

183

As a defenseman, you have to change everything you were ever taught, ... You front a player in front of the net and try to check his stick. You play 5-on-5 almost like it's a penalty kill, where you think twice about going to the corner and then hustle back.

115

We have to figure ourselves out. What do we want to be? How do we want to play? What type of team do we want to be going into the playoffs?

113

He's scoring goals and making a lot of plays. He looks like when he was 25 or 26. He plays probably faster right now than I've seen him. He's got a lot of confidence, and he's obviously our leader.

100

A lot of teams are changing, and they're going to have new faces.

91

We have a good group of guys that maybe came up short the last couple of years, not going as far in the playoffs as we wanted to go. Now we're going to try to get a chance to do it again in a new-face NHL.

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