We're not targeting players. Retaliation and all that stuff doesn't have any place.

We have players who played for the Phantoms last year who do a lot of things really well that are going to help us,

I've seen young guys who've played great and I've seen them absolutely overwhelmed. I've seen young players literally in the fetal position during a series because they're overwhelmed by the intensity and the emotion of what's going on. And I've seen guys raise their level.

We had nine first-year players against Montreal. Everybody knows our situation. We're limping.

He's our captain, he's just not another player.

Yeah, I think a lot of guys did. [The Olympics] was a lot of hockey with not a lot of breaks. I think a lot of guys had no energy. We just had to wait until the tank filled up, and it's starting to fill up.