If it's working, then we'll stay with it. If not, we'll move (combinations around) and, quite frankly, in the first five games we do want to see other combinations either during games or during practices.

He's our captain, he's just not another player.

We're not targeting players. Retaliation and all that stuff doesn't have any place.

We want to finish strong and get first place in the division before the break. That's something we've worked very hard for and we very much want.

I don't think anybody was looking for the penalties. I said it before ... the first team that adjusts is going to be the winner. You end up with a ton of scoring chances, a ton of special teams and you're going to have to get better and you're going to have to adjust. Whining about it isn't going to do anything. It's not going to go away.

Yeah, I think a lot of guys did. [The Olympics] was a lot of hockey with not a lot of breaks. I think a lot of guys had no energy. We just had to wait until the tank filled up, and it's starting to fill up.