It's the same scenario we faced in training camp and the same as in the regular season, but we've had trouble with it all year. We've got to make adjustments. We've got to make sure we're smart enough not to take them.

It's a long season. You could see in training camp that there were spurts of this possibility happening. I think that anyone that watches us can see that we've gotten faster on defense, which is always key.

It varies. Ideally, it should come down to the last week of spring training. Now it's more like a regular-season game in how things would be.

Before training camp, I had a couple of conversations on the phone and he threw some questions at me, ... In practices here, the way he wants things done is different. Like we were working the power play and penalty killing, and he has some different ideas on where he wants you to go and why he wants you to do it. So for me, I'm just trying to pay attention. ... I'm just trying not to make mistakes.

All the regular season does is get you to the playoffs. And now you see what you've really got.

This was a sour way to end the regular season.