I think he plays bigger than he is. He's a very competitive guy, and some nights he has the [team's] best body checks. When he gets inspired ... he wins every puck battle. He's got a good offensive touch, but I think part of his appeal as a hockey player is his competitive nature.

On friend Guy Ritchie: 'I think he's tits'.

Once you've played in the NHL, I think you get a little misunderstood sometimes. These guys, with the salaries involved now and the way they get treated, people can lose perspective that these guys are human, too. Unfortunately, the job they've chosen, you don't get to have a bad day. It helps that I played in this league; it gives you a legitimacy right away ... But I don't know if there's that much advantage to it.

It's an old adage. You think about players – not plays. You think about players. You think about a guy who can make a play that you need at that point. Blake Powers, James Hardy. We got good protection. Players make plays.

There were a lot of big plays in the game but none any bigger than that, really.

The quality of a play is the quality of its ideas.