He's an incredible player and it would be a big absence.

I like to play the games on it.

It's huge. New Jersey is a lot different than the last time we played them, and it showed. We looked forward to (Sunday) as a challenge for us and we're certainly happy with what happened.

It was an amazing, amazing experience. You could see to a person how much respect and appreciation these people have for a deserving player and person in Mark Messier. You could sort of feel the emotion in the building, so it was a tremendous experience.

You take penalties when you're reaching and out of position.

Definitely we need to improve. (Without Betts) it means the other guys have to step up and do a lot of little things that Blair did quietly.

Once we got back to our game, we were in control.

Sometimes, in situations like this, you'd expect him to rant and rave. But he knows that's not the right move. He knows the way people work. He is as much a psychologist as a strategist.

I've seen bits and pieces. I've been following it but I haven't been able to watch any full games.

You have to be a little desperate when you're a man down and more desperate when you are two men down.