We're good as far as our mindset, but Ottawa turned it up a notch. So we have to eat it and try to get better. There's no sense of dwelling over it.

Remember Good is the Enemy of Great? This year, we need to say that Great is the Enemy of Excellent.

He's a very good passer and played hard. And he turned his game up a notch the last five or six games.

I'm happy with what they have accomplished. We've come a long way. In February, we turned it up a notch and are peaking at the right time.

Everybody has turned it up a notch. The teams that were a little bit short years ago have narrowed the gap. You can't pick a team to play. It's one of those things that's hard to put a finger on other than to say, 'Everybody's good.' And it's not just coach talk.

It's far from done, but we got some things accomplished (in Ottawa). We exorcised some demons in the third period (Sunday) in that building.