You've got to develop your players and make good decisions. Youth and speed are, to a large degree, the answer. In the long run, (the system) is going to create some parity. It's going to be like the NFL in the sense that management has got to do a great job if you're going to be up there every year.

Hopefully, the goal is to create some parity. The difference between making the playoffs, finishing fifth or sixth, and missing it isn't much. It's a pretty fine line.

Anytime you lose the way we've lost, it's frustrating. The bottom line is we're getting outworked in every area of the game. We're getting outsmarted. We look like a kids hockey team playing against men.

It's difficult because we thought we'd figured out how to be a team and play well together. Now it's kind of like we're back where we were before. It's frustrating and you can see it in our play.

It's been a little frustrating because we've gone at a pretty good clip and not been able to get anywhere.

It's a good division and for years to come, I think, it's going to be pretty good. It's going to be a heck of a division, and you're seeing a lot of good rivalries.

It was embarrassing. We're professionals in here and to lose like that in our building, in any building, is about as bad as it gets. I'm kind of at a loss for words right now.

They made us look like we were skating in slush. There was a lot of slop out there. Give them credit. They executed.

It was a huge win for us and to contribute to that is huge. We pretty much have to run the table just (to make the playoffs), so to get the game-winning goal in a game like that is pretty special for me personally.

To be able to have the kind of night I had and have a big goal like that is special for me. It was gratifying in a lot of ways.