[Heyer] said he lost sight of the puck, so he blew it. That was very frustrating, because we’d finally gotten some offense going.

I liked what he had to say about where the team is going and what is going on in Chicago. And Chicago has always been one of my favorite cities.

No, no,” he said.

It seems to be my best option. Even if I came back [to play] after rehab, [doctors] wanted me to have surgery after the season, and they didn’t like the odds too much.

It was just one thing after another, not only for me but for the team. It has been a rough year on the organization as a whole.

Marty will be great. He’s been a leader the whole time. It’s not that big of an issue.

Two great players and two great teammates,

Just knowing you have Khabibulan, that confidence in the great goaltending, you seem to just play better.

I was in the same boat as everyone else. Just waiting and hoping that it was going to get done sooner than later,

It’s definitely a problem. I have a lot of confidence in our penalty kill but the odds are against us if we re going to take 10. It’s known in the locker room but it’s...

It was different. There were a lot of whistles, and some of the guys who got penalties didn’t know they got them.

If there is any doubt, normally you go upstairs. He’s not giving us any leeway. That’s accountability on his part. You gotta be a man about it. Clearly, everybody thought it crossed the line.

It was really tough, not having the routine like we’re so used to. Basically living a different life than we’re used to.

Columbus, bringing in Adam Foote was a huge pickup for them,

They made it pretty clear where their priorities were.

The first one he (Heyer) said he lost sight of the puck, so he blew it. Our guys work hard and finally get some offense going and something like that happens. It’s really frustrating.

We’re real fragile now. We’re working hard. We’ve just got to get our confidence up.

All the guys they brought in … every one has that good character on and off the ice, which is huge,

I had no problems with the old rules, but I think taking the red line away will hopefully add to scoring and make the game faster, … As a defenseman, I look at scoring negatively,...

It’s tough when you work hard and the results aren’t there. You start to second-guess yourself.

We’re not a risky team and we were just a little too risky tonight. They seem to just score with their chances. Defensively we weren’t where we wanted to be.

I think there’s a handful of guys that ended up being lucky in that way, … Some guys who were free agents actually had to take a little bit of a hit but it just...

We obviously didn’t hit it off all that well,

Some of our defencemen here in the first couple of games have been just outstanding,

I hadn’t even heard of them,

There are a few aspects of the game where we’ve really got to grow up and it showed tonight, like the sticking penalties. We have to understand we’re not going to win unless we all...

Hopefully it’s not as bad and it’s just some scar tissue breaking up and it will stay loose.

A few games after Peter Laviolette became the coach, I began to get more ice time, … Pretty soon, I was skating 25-30 minutes a night. I was more than happy to keep doing that....