They are our closest rival, and the games have been competitive. I know are guys would really like to see what they can do against them at our place.

We want to go into every game being competitive. We don't want to go into games thinking about last year's record. We might lose a couple games, but I don't want people to say 'Here we go again. Same thing.' We need support from the crowd.

Ricky's a very competitive guy and he's in competition with those guys for time on that team. If I know him, it will bring out the best in him.

We couldn't find anyone, and the team knows Dave from the times he's skated with us. You hope in this situation that Dave doesn't have to play, and the plan is to have Jeff play the entire weekend.

Here comes another one of the stud teams, so we'd better be prepared. We have had a tough schedule, but you can't worry about that. We just have to concentrate on getting better.

It was great to see Maris out there. We're proud to have someone from the Thunder at the Olympics.