The scouting community always looked at those guys as European players, until now. That may change.

It's going to be very strange playing against some of these guys. But I looked on the roster and there's only five or six guys still left from when I was there.

We had the first-game jitters. We had a lot of guys who were playing their first-ever indoor game. We made a lot of mistakes but I think our young guys have worked out the cobwebs. I'm hoping that it's going to be a lot different game than two weeks ago. No, I'm banking on it being a lot different game.

You have to perform a balancing act. You don't want to forsake talented upside players for the future who may not be ready to deliver today. If you don't have those guys in the pipeline, your well may run dry.

[NHL contraction would be fine if] mediocre European players ... typical of most French guys in our league with a visor on, running around and playing tough and not backing anything up.

You see great players making great plays, but you'll see other guys chipping in and becoming known as consummate playoff players and that's better than anything. There's nothing better than that pressure of every play.