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.

All night he just looked so solid in there making tough saves look so easy. There were a few right on the crease where from the bench they looked like they were going in, but...

I will admit I was pretty excited about it,

Defensively, we’ve been doing really well, and offensively, we’d like to score more goals. I don’t think that’s a secret. Personally, I think the first half could have been better and I’m looking forward to...

It’s been a close series the whole way. We take the positives and get ready for Game 5. From our point of view, the third period was a good period for our club. Right to...

But we can improve. It was not a good road trip, but it’s good to come home and start over with the home opener.

They’re very disciplined. They don’t give you a lot of chances.

It doesn’t feel good at all. We know we have to get better in a lot of ways. You look around our locker room and we know we have the talent and ability to score...

It’s personal, … I want to be in the best shape I can, so I can have the best season. We do view it as a competition. It’s fun. Once it’s over, it’s a pretty...

It awakens something you never even knew you had when you’re that close – so we’ll have to work at finding that chemistry again,

He’s right at the top of his class, there’s no question. He’s going to be a star.

As a series goes on, each game gets bigger. We have a chance now to put a dent in them, but we know that, coming off a loss, they’re going to be more desperate.

I get excited about playing in Edmonton, it’s such a great atmosphere, and the games are fun to play in. We know the importance of these games, and coming away with two points is big...

We think we’re going to be a really competitive club. But we know it’s not going to be easy.

It’s a nice compliment. It’s nice to have different expectations at the start of the season than being picked just out of the playoffs,

Obviously, we weren’t happy with the way the game was going. Emotions get going when you look at the scoreboard and you’re losing in the Stanley Cup Finals. And that’s what happens.

I sent (wife) Kara to try and find one but it wasn’t in the stores. It will be cool to see.

I thought it was going to be a penalty shot. I was upset with the whole play.

I think we’re going to get hot as a team, and personally, I think I’m going to get hot too.

We’ll battle through this together and turn this around,

He’s the top D-man in the league.

He’s a big key to their club and he represents a lot of their speed. We try to make sure we all finish our checks on him . . . even the smaller hits, hopefully...

The first step is to believe that it’s possible. Once I had a taste of success, you start to believe in it a little more.