We have to make sure our players are disciplined to the point, where they can't put themselves or their team in a situation that's going to cost their hockey club goals, momentum, whatever you want to call it.

I've got a few players who were on that team. They don't talk about it much, but I'm sure they're thinking about it. We feel it's our time now. We're ready to go.

Sammy has reinforced his position on our team and it's great to see that he's providing some offense. Does he want to be a five-goal scorer? Or a 10-goal scorer? Or a 15- to 20-goal scorer? He's proving he wants to be the latter.

Our players worked extremely hard. It was a fast-paced game, and it wasn't no-hit hockey. It was a physical game and those are tough ones to play.

I gave him a little lowdown on Oakland, the city, the team, the players. We just talked about a lot of things.

Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.