You cannot win games in this league with spurts of effort, ... And we've got to get our act together coming out of the gate.

For the most part, it is still a pretty light atmosphere around here. As games go on, if it stays tied or if we fall behind, we get a little tight. We have to rely on our ability, we have a great team in here, and just sometimes we don't believe it as much as we should.

If he's going to run somebody, he's not going to run a fourth-line center. At best, it was a two-minute penalty.

I haven't played a game in over a month, so I'd like to get a few more practices in. I'll come to the rink (Tuesday), skate, see how it is and evaluate it as every day goes by.

I know on the play I didn't stick my leg out, ... He was planted on his skates. I just tried to finish my check.

I'm sure there will be a lot of everything at that meeting, such as our strategy moving forward. A lot of people may want questions answered, they may want to know what happened over the course of the last week, help them understand where things fell apart or didn't come together.

I want to show the guys I can be relied on. I've got a lot of pride in myself and my game.

It was nice. It really wasn't necessary, but it was nice. That's an indication of what kind of man (Islanders owner) Charles (Wang) is and what kind of organization they are.

It's a void that everybody thought we had and if this is us addressing it, which we all believe it is, maybe it'll give us a bit of a boost. He came up big for us in a couple of games in the conference final. He's a guy who wants the opportunity and thrives on the opportunity.

They're both very fast and dynamic teams. They can both be hard to handle when they really start coming at you.