I knew the Steelheads had a winning tradition. I knew they were at the top of their league every year.

Any team coming out of this division is definitely going to have a shot at winning it all. So this first-round series is huge.

It's going to be a grinding team. We're going to have a never-say-die attitude.

I've been with these guys all year. I only played 13 games with Vegas. It's not the same as being with a team for 52 games.

Obviously, that's on our mind. We don't want to take that early morning flight to Vegas on Tuesday. Those guys threw absolutely everything at us and we just held on in the third period. It was a battle and we expect the same thing in Game 5.

Pessimism never won any battle.