Personally, I like what they ask me to do. I like going into the corners and finishing my checks every day. I?d like to keep it simple. After Christmas, it?s come to me what this team expects from me and what I should do if I want to get to the next level.

Intensity, that's huge in a playoff game. Without intensity, you won't go anywhere.

I'm kind of disappointed about it. I don't worry about the points much, (more about) ice time and what I can create in the offensive zone. I'm just getting used to it right now. I've got my confidence up.

It will be a nice, little Christmas, just the four of us. We just got the tree up and the decorations (Thursday) night.

Even as we get older, we get in these routines - and routines are nice and comfortable - but I think that it's important to live life to its fullest and try different things. Because you never know what you're going to learn. You might not like it, you might like it.

I got to college and saw all of my friends going to these other schools and thought, 'You know, college is just a blank slate.' And I had an opportunity to go to different schools, but I chose Brown because it was unique and allowed you to be yourself as an individual and like I said, it's a blank slate.