(The hip) just wasn't really getting any better. I rested it, hoping it was going to get better.

I hit Nieminen, and he kind of fell down. He kind of pushed my knee. ... I didn't think much of it, but it felt a little awkward.

I haven't done much stop and starts but probably will over the next few days. Hopefully, I'd like to come back as soon as possible and play as many games as possible before the playoffs.

I'm going to be a little more in the spotlight, and I'm looking forward to it.

Skating is going to be a huge issue in these playoffs. For us, it fits right into our game.

It's never happened in this organization since I've been here, so it's going to be a gut-check. We have to approach every game as if it was a playoff game and we need to win every single one of them.

David played well. He's got nothing to be ashamed of. We've got to play better in front of him.

It's going to be tough looking at teams racking up points (during the break), but we know what we have to do. Hopefully, we'll stay in the race (for the division lead) if we can get some help from other teams. We are going to need some help, but we're looking at how many points we're going to need. If you get 100 points, you're going to be close to first in your division.

It's not the first time, I've had it before and it usually comes back quicker and, hopefully, it will come back quicker. A couple years ago, I came back and I'm not sure I was quite ready. This year, I'm going to be ready and, hopefully, that's going to be very soon.

There's a lot of new players, but they brought a lot of skills and a lot of leadership with them. Obviously, losing Peter (Forsberg) and Adam (Foote) is going to affect your team, and some of the other guys are going to have to step up. But the management made the decisions for the better of the team, and hopefully we can be a better team. I like our team speed, from what I saw today.