It was great to see that go in. He’s got a big shot. I don’t think anybody can stop that. Especially that overtime goal.

We’ve played a lot of games lately and it was good to get a win.

There’s a lot of parity. We know that any team can beat any team.

We were a lot better offensively. It was great start. It was a big boost for us. It was nice to have a shot right back at the Avalanche after they beat us.

In playoffs, I think home-ice advantage is not as big as it is in the regular season. I think everybody’s prepared. There are no tired legs or anything like that.

That’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen,

After the first period, it was anybody’s game. In the last game [Thursday], they out-competed us and deserved to win. In this game, our power play out-competed their penalty kill.

That’s a nice change,

I’ve never been part of such a quick goal from the start of the period. I’ve seen it a few times by other teams watching on TV and stuff. Seeing it go in was definitely...

We’ll try to have the same mindset for Game 2 as we did Game 1. Now hopefully all the excuses are gone and we can keep going.

We knew they would raise their game and we didn’t match it after they started coming at us. It’s a matter that later we’ve got to be better. I don’t know if it’s bearing down...

To be a low scoring team like we are and to get the number of wins we have, he’s easily the biggest reason. The fans were letting him know tonight and us as players, we...

When you get that close and then you hear the other team, the other fans celebrating to ‘Simply The Best’ and ‘We Are The Champions’, that hurt. It hurt a lot. We didn’t know who...

He had to do that, because it was going in. I was right behind the net watching it, and Chuck would have had that one.

Denis made a good save on that one in overtime. Obviously I probably should have chipped it up. It would have been nice to see that one go in.

As a group, we do spend a lot of time on buses, at lunches, and politics does come up. I don’t know if we know what we’re talking about.

The company he’s in — I just saw something on TV the other day — it’s pretty impressive. It’s not just his goals. His physical play, his composure … it’s his whole game. He’s been...

I don’t know. I have had some success, been able to score a few goals. It’s nothing I can put my finger on. I wish I could carry that over.

The first couple of games we were a little tight. Tonight we were more relaxed, more determined and enjoying the playoffs. This is what it’s all about.

I think it’s unfair,

He was great. He made some very big saves. I have seen him play before and he is a big player.

That’s a nice change, … You can pretty much the start the season in every city in the NHL and believe you have a shot at the playoffs and that certainly wasn’t the case before.

Looking over my career, unfortunately, I haven’t had the greatest first 10 games,

It’s like the eve of the first day of school,

People are more in a party mode, festive mode.

They’ve always been one of the best teams at puck possession and when you’re not moving your feet, it looks there like they’re playing with us. That’s not even close to our best.

Being the only black player on my team growing up, I dreamt just like everybody else to be in the NHL, … When I would say it, some other kids — not trying to be...

It feels really good in our locker-room. It’s been a lot of tough games and we’ve played some really good teams,

The third period was probably the best we’ve played in a long time. It was a very big game for us as far as momentum. We all knew the importance of it. We’ve got four...

We’re around the same age. He’s a good power forward. He’s got good hands in front of the net. He scores his share of goals. He can get really hot too which is a good...

This is amazing to me. I don’t get it. No one on my team phoned me to express any displeasure with Ted’s hiring. I can tell you that.

It was a pretty physical game and they probably had the edge there. In a one-goal game, they had the edge. They got the big goal late. It doesn’t feel good on our part, that’s...

We had a little more jump, a little more desperation. I think we had more fun tonight, too. The Ducks were doing it, too, for two periods. It was back and forth.

We knew they’d be fired up. We’ve all gone through something like this during our careers when there’s a shakeup or a tough change and you band together and get fired up. They battled and...

It doesn’t feel good at all.

And that’s what we need.

It is frustrating because every player wants to contribute to their team’s success and be a part of winning … Hopefully I’ll break out here against Edmonton.

This is my ninth year here and I think I missed one of these tournaments for the World Cup. You come back and see the guys — it’s great. You keep in touch by e-mail...

I think the confidence is coming back, for sure.

You look at our game, you look at how many young guys are coming in: Crosby, Richards and Carter and Corey Perry to name a few – there’s a lot of skilled players coming up,

There’s no question, pretty much all areas of our game need to improve,

We’ve been creating more chances as a group.

It was a different kind of game. Before we knew it we were up four, but it was a weird game … they’re a good team, they battled back and thankfully we found a way...

He’s a big part of Hockey Canada, he’s probably the biggest part, and it’s great that he’s coming over to lead our team again.

We’re a union of 700 players and there are going to be different opinions. But I personally appreciate the job Trevor, Ted and the executive committee have done. Ted is a big part of this...

We got two power-play goals but it’s not really about percentages. As a group it’s about finding the big goal. We had chances, especially late, to get the equalizer, and we couldn’t cash in.

He ended up with a few big points. He really got us going, got the confidence up and then everybody fed off it.

It was a negative year, no question about it.

We want to be a hard, physical team to play against and fighting does happen in that. Our fight, whoever it is on our team, it pumps us up.

It is pre-season, but we’re coming off a loss and we want to get into the winning habit at home.