It doesn’t change my position. I still need to go and play and then it’s up to the coach to make the decision who plays. I’m not going in thinking I’m the No. 1 guy.

Yeah, that’s my goal, but it didn’t really matter if Nikolai is in or out. I still have to go and play well.

We got what we deserved. We did not play well and we did not deserve to win.

We just have to climb, climb, climb and build that toughness. And right now, it’s more the mental toughness we need to build.

He’s a good character guy. He’d be a good addition.

We didn’t play well, that’s the bottom line. We got what we deserved.

Kipper is a confident guy right now back there and, defensively, they’re one of the best teams in the league. Their identity is they’re not going to score four or five goals, they’re going to...

We can say right now that we do have momentum, but we all know how that can change.

Sometimes you don’t have to score four goals. We have to find a way to win the 2-1 and 1-0 games.

We got what we deserved. They were hungrier than we were and I don’t know why.

We played all right, but all right is not good enough. We can’t find a way to win, and that’s kind of been the story on our season.

We felt like we had them where we wanted them.

We have to stick with the plan. Right now the game is over, and we have to forgot about it and get ready for our other game, regardless if we win or loose. We have...

We got what we deserved. I think the score pretty much sums it up. We did not play well, and we did not deserve to win. They were hungrier than we were, and I don’t...

It’s the most important part to get the win and don’t give them a point. If you look at that way, we can say we are satisfied with our game. We got the win. Sometimes...

We came into the third period thinking offense, offense, offense. If we’re going to think that way we’re not going to go too far.

It was more of a precautionary thing. We’ll see how it feels [Saturday].

You can look through the 30 games left and I don’t think any of those games are going to be easy. It’s going to be 30 playoff games for us. We’re going to fight until...

I just really think that teams figured us out. Tactic-wise, those teams outplayed us totally. They picked us apart, and they put us in a situation where we had to play individual hockey.

I know how much this area loves hockey, and I know how much people were wanting us to come back. They want to watch us compete every night, and that’s what’s awesome about this crowd....

We have been a great team the whole tournament, but we haven’t reached our goal yet.

I wanted to be here and I think we have a great chance to win. We have a great team and it will just take some extra hard work to get where we want to...

They took away everything. I think the Finns showed them how to play against us.

Until it’s over, I’m not going to tell you it’s over.

I was concentrating on the puck and what happened in front of my net. My teammates also helped me with great defense. It was the key to our win.

Penalties got us into trouble in the second period and they capitalized on that.

I think that our guys did a great job blocking them out. It was a good 60 minute effort from everybody and that’s what we need. Hopefully in the second half of the season we...

They tried to frustrate us and they played hard. But we stuck to the game plan and got the result and that was the important part.

We stuck with our game plan and got the result.

We’ve got to find a way to score more goals. We have to play a complete game. I don’t think we can get through another game like this.

We’ve got to throw this one out of the window and forget about it.

It was a little bit of a weird game. They tried to frustrate us but we stuck to the game plan. We battled them and got the result, and that’s the most important part right...

They capitalized on our penalties. We need everyone on the same page, and it starts with me. One mistake ends up costing us the game. This seems to be the story all season.

It is a little weird. All those guys are my friends, some of my best friends. I grew up with them since I was 10 years old.

The penalties started the problems, and I fell apart. We have to get better. We all fell apart out there in key situations. Penalties cost us games in Los Angeles (on Monday night) and here.

I feel if I had stopped the breakaway we might have had a chance. After the third goal we fell apart.

It’s kind of weird, because most of those guys I grew up with, and some of them were my best friends.

It is frustrating, especially after the great quarter-final. I thought we played well, and to come out that flat is frustrating.

Penalties killed us and it started probably from me. We fell apart. And it’s what good teams are not supposed to do.

They might be a little bit fatigued, but we don’t care. We’re trying to get together our own team and keep going on this roll.

I don’t know what exactly it was that hit me, a skate or something.

We got what we deserved.

(Games) are all big right now and when we get to March and April, they’ll be even bigger.