You try not to play different, but there's something subconsciously as a team when you know somebody is back there like we had in Buffalo with Hasek. You're going to make mistakes and a goalie like Nik can cover them up.

We will play hard for a series and then somebody decides to back down. The coaches yell at us when this happens, but there has to come a time when we as players take care of this ourselves because of the leadership from among ourselves.

Only when he's awake,

When he is not pitching he can play anywhere. He is really invaluable to this team not only is he the No. 1 pitcher he is just a utility player that can play anywhere else.

Well, Jay, no, he actually doesn't always do that, ... Only when he's awake.

And during the time when I was getting a lot of criticism and the team wasn't doing so well, I think it would have been much harder for me if I was just sat at home on my own. But when you've got a beautiful daughter to take care of, you don't even think about it.