He always makes the right shot, the right move. He's a talented young player.

I just think it's one of those years. For whatever reason, we've struggled closing teams out. The same thing happened (Wednesday night). We turned the puck over, and it's in our net. You've got to be firm with the puck.

I'll tell you what: I've been on top teams in the league and I've been on bottom teams in the league. And I haven't been on a team that has a better locker room. Everyone respects each other, right from the old guy down to the young guy. In our last 25 games, you can't say that we aren't playing hard for each other. We are playing hard; we're just not getting the job done. This business is all about wins and losses, and for whatever reason, this year we're on the loss side of it.

I'm seeing a lot of minutes, a lot of power-play time. Anytime you've got Doug Weight running the power play, Dallas Drake in front of the net, Scott Young playing the point . . . that's a big factor. They know how to play the game. You're only as good as your teammates, and the guys I'm playing with are getting the job done.

Anytime you think you're playing well and that it's no big deal, it's going to come easy, it doesn't. They lost four in a row and they were ready to be beaten again and we gave them the first two goals - here you go.

Any time the best player on your team gets on the scoreboard, you're usually going to win the game. He finds ways to pick up points, and that's what your best players do. He's got great speed, he makes great plays, and he's a scorer.

Anytime your best player gets on the scoreboard, you usually do win.

It was one of those nights. The rebounds were there, we just didn't get them.

That's one thing that's easy on the family, knowing that we don't have to move to see each other. The (Predators) have been great about that.

They matched our intensity, they were a tough team to play against. They were fighting, they were hitting and we really had to pick up our game in the third period.