When you burn a bridge sometimes -- it doesn't matter if it's a significant player on a team, especially a significant player like Kobe -- you might say let bygones be bygones, (but) there's always that underlying, 'Oh, you talked about me,' Me personally, I don't think it'll work out. But who knows? Crazier things have happened.

It really hurts when you get some questionable calls down the stretch.

I am so proud of our guys, especially Dion. It is gratifying when you have a player like Dion that was with us most of the season come back after a trip to Mexico. His intensity is incomparable and his loyalty is without question.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

When you see that, especially with a veteran team like that, definitely it was good for us.

And when it comes down to it, especially with a team like the New York Rangers and our team Montreal, two points at the end of the season could determine whether you're in the payoffs or not. I think you need to focus obviously more on winning hockey games than maybe redemption. I think redemption will come with beating the other team.