He skated with us down at the Joe this past week before we came up here, and he looks like he's in as good a shape as anybody else. With the injuries that he's had, with his knees and stuff like that, it just shows that he's still got the work ethic and the desire to play. He still competes, and he hates losing as much as anybody, whether it's a game or a one-on-one battle.

Kirk Maltby