We’re coming off two critical months. November and December, as far as the volume of games and a lot of real busy stretches in those months – this month looks like each and every game...

The games that we’ve lost back to back, every one of them has been a tight game, with some one-goal losses in some tough buildings. I think (Sunday) we deserved what we got.

Peter certainly has enhanced his position in camp.

If I really wanted to say what I thought right now it wouldn’t be good. That kept them in the game. I thought we had a strong first period and that changed when … it...

When the game’s been on the line, Jose has been real solid. He’s been effective and he’s doing what he needs to do. As we progress, we expect him to keep getting better.

We have some guys we’re going to see play for the first time and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do.

We gave up some of the highest quality chances we’ve seen at any point all year. David kept us in the game and gave us a chance. The last couple periods, we were way better.

Everybody talked about it. I guess it wasn’t a goal. We caught a break. We have had a couple against us this year, too.

I’m expecting big things from him. He certainly could be one of the top scorers, if not the top scorer (in the league), the way he’s prepared himself.

This is the third camp we’ve prepared for since last September, … We got ready at the start of the (2004-05) year, and thought we might be coming back last February, so we prepared for...

That’s a team that does a lot of things right and they’re having a real strong year.

We feel we missed out on a golden opportunity with a couple of our major adversaries in Detroit and Colorado getting bounced at the same time. We had some tough situations to deal with at...

They tried to clarify the standard that’s going to be in place. There could be 25, 30 power plays initially in games. But players are pretty smart and they’ll adapt quickly. There’ll be a constant...

The short-handed 5-on-3 was big. It was on the balance all the game, and we had a couple of big penalty kills.

Nashville made big strides the last couple years,

We’ve really enhanced our position in the last week. It’s better than hanging onto that eighth or ninth position. Now, we’re looking at taking the division. It’s a realistic objective.

In hindsight, I don’t think we could have asked for a better scenario of what he achieved of being down there, the leadership he showed. A lot of kids will go back to the minors...

It is pretty remarkable. (Sunday) in San Jose, he was a plus-5 and we lost 6-5; that doesn’t happen very often. His being a plus player now is probably reflective of where he should be...

We’ve had four really competitive games with Dallas, and felt evenly matched.

Joe, every time on the ice, looks as good as he’s always been. His leadership skills, he always wants to be first, he always wants to play well. He’s the top guy in the gym...

A whole year without hockey, without work . . . it definitely was something different, … Now I know what retirement’s going to be like, not that I’m in any hurry to get there.

That’s going to be exciting.

He brings that element of toughness to our game. We don’t expect him to be a fighter, but we expect him to play that feisty role.

However you want to mix the top three (forwards) among the top six forwards, but they’ll still see a lot of time together as a group.

He’s not Peter Forsberg, that’s for sure,

I thought Peter was strong tonight in net. That can happen. But it’s not the worst play … in that situation.

I thought the first period was exactly what we were hoping for. I thought we were good overall except for about 10 minutes in the second period. We turned the puck over too many times,...

Right now, we’re just going to wait and see. Obviously, you don’t want guys to miss days and a player like (him), he usually doesn’t miss days.

His last start, he was excellent in Phoenix. He got us on this stretch where we stabilized our game and came back from probably our worst game of the year in San Jose.

It was a full building, and it was nice to see such a supportive group of fans out there today. I thought from the outset the building was electric, and scoring on the first shift...

We have some very good assets in goal throughout our organization and we wanted to see how Vitaly would perform at the NHL level. Overall, he has shown great upside and we were impressed with...

David’s our No. 1 guy, and he’ll get the net back.

It’s one game where you probably give more equitable ice time. Everybody got to play a little bit more and probably got a little bit more quality ice time.

They had three of those goals that were quick-quick, bang-bang, all alone, where we have to have better recognition. Those passes across the goal mouth, that seemed to be the play that beat us.

It’s nice knowing that we have a lot of forwards that can play wing and center, so we can adapt and mix it up quite a bit.

We are 4-0 against them, but we are by no means overconfident when we play them. We know that three of the games we have had against these guys have been really tough and competitive.

The rule changes, the reward to offensive-type players and play, should enhance his game. I think he should be able to continue to produce for us and all of a sudden jump-start his career again.

With their history and tradition, they’ve got a big following throughout Canada.

That first period was the best we played all year. So many things across the board are what we are looking for.

Special teams were huge. It’s nice to see our power play produce too.

I don’t think it’s an on-off switch. I thought we did a lot of good things with the puck. … We had the puck a lot, particularly down in their end.

It was one of those nights where the puck went in for us. We had an edge coming into it.

We’d go down to the rink and work out in the morning and have lunch and talk a lot about the team, … We played a lot of golf. Tony’s and my sons were on...

He’s fitting in great. He’s been well-received by his teammates. I think the fans will like him.

With the professionalism in our room, guys are aware of these things. Everybody as a group knows we have a great challenge ahead of us. I don’t think this will be a distraction. We’re very...

I don’t think we can expect to win if we give up six.

(The injury) is definitely long term. It’s an extensive injury. I don’t want to say a year, but it’ll be a long rehab.

To say exactly when (Theodore will play), that’s a tough one. The fact that he’s out there absorbing a whole practice is a good sign.

We expected him to come in and fit in with the team and he has. We expected him to come in and help the team and he has.

I still want to give Vitaly a chance, too. It’s a healthy situation to be in.