Everybody wants to be a spoiler, especially with the Rangers. It's special to beat them anytime, especially in the Garden. It's something that we haven't done a whole lot of.

Phil's like Tiger Woods. Everybody gears themselves up for him and wants to beat him,

And when it comes down to it, especially with a team like the New York Rangers and our team Montreal, two points at the end of the season could determine whether you're in the payoffs or not. I think you need to focus obviously more on winning hockey games than maybe redemption. I think redemption will come with beating the other team.

He's a competitor, I'll tell you that much. He wants to win; he's been with the Rangers and he demands a lot.

It's an opportunity and it's a challenge. We're professional athletes and you look for things to get up for, and this is a big-time challenge for us. We've played a couple of teams people expected us to beat and we did. We did some good things and we have to take those positives and finish strong before the break.

Ricky's a very competitive guy and he's in competition with those guys for time on that team. If I know him, it will bring out the best in him.