18 Quotes by Bryan Smolinski

Tonight it didn't matter who we played. Tonight we were going to beat them no matter who it was.

I've seen that before. A couple of years ago against Philadelphia he made that same move. He's got a couple of tricks in his bag and as long as he keeps bringing them out at the right time, we'll take them.

Ray Emery has been excellent for us since we came back from the Olympic break. He's established himself as the No. 1 goalie and he's had to work pretty hard to do that.

After Alfie left the game, you are always thinking about how he's feeling and you don't like to see a guy get hit that hard. In between periods, we knew that we had to get the lead for him. It didn't matter who scored, it was a great team effort. We didn't try to be individual about it.

Do you want to lose 5-1 or 3-2 in a tough game? Either way, it's a loss. We put them on their heels real quick, but they stormed back.

They played a fantastic road game. We kind of ad-libbed and got away from our game and you saw the result.

It seemed like they got better as the game went on. We had a lot of chances, but it just seemed like one of those games we weren't going to win.

They bring a great energy and keep everyone young and fresh. It can get monotonous if you have the same regime. It brings an intangible that might have been missing.

I know it was hard. I was watching the whole time and you never want to see a guy flop around like that.