I've seen young guys who've played great and I've seen them absolutely overwhelmed. I've seen young players literally in the fetal position during a series because they're overwhelmed by the intensity and the emotion of what's going on. And I've seen guys raise their level.

He was absolutely dominant, ... He controlled the tempo and played a wonderful hockey game. A lot of guys did.

We have players who played for the Phantoms last year who do a lot of things really well that are going to help us,

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

We had to respond after what happened in Buffalo. We played better and we played the way we have to play to win.

When I look at Simon, I see the same player I've seen for two years. But now he plays with a center man who is a playmaker. I see a guy who gets to the puck who never got to it when he was here previously. He gets a lot of goals off the rush, which he never used to get before.