We dug ourselves a hole, and we tried to dig ourselves out of it. We kept it close until late, but they didn't give up a lot. Our passing was awful and our shooting was worse.

You don't want to dig a hole. We kept it close until late, but our passing was awful, and our shooting was worse.

I don't think you can close the book on three [goalies], even.

We're working on a bigger thing for the playoffs and this is painful. But I think we're close now.

I think maybe the benefit was him getting the couple weeks off late in the year. He looks as fresh as training camp to me. He's been solid, he's been quick, just very reliable and very few poor decisions.

We found ourselves in a hole that I didn't dig, but I have dug, dug and dug to try to get out of that hole.