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“I know when Pittsburgh was winning, you played Pittsburgh and you wanted to see how you measured up against the champs.”
“When I get home, that's my time to be with my family.”
“I think my success is in direct correlation with how the team does. When we're winning, I'm feeling great.”
“If you can get one on the road, that goes a long way in a seven-game series.”
“I used to watch a lot of video and I ended up getting stuck on what goalies were doing before and not really thinking about the fact that they're probably watching me and trying to get me to do something different.”
“Just to see a kid smile brightens my day.”
“I'm comfortable anywhere, which I think the coaches like about me. If they need a spot to be filled, whether it's in the middle, left or right, I'll do it.”
“There's a lot of guys in the League that are probably a lot more fun to watch than I am.”
“I 100 per cent agree with the hits to the head that are unnecessary, that are directly targeted, and you can tell they're targeted.”
“You always want to be the guy that's able to get the game-winner, especially in overtime in NHL playoffs.”
“Every year to me is the most I've wanted to win the Stanley Cup.”
“Typically we're going against Crosby's line and that's a tough task; he's a great player. You can get motivation from that and kind of the game within the game.”
“Falling short is not fun.”
“If I'm not going to play my style of hockey, I might as well not be playing.”
“I'm really just trying to do my job and make whatever difference I can.”
“We had a good group of guys in St. Louis.”
“I don't want to say that I do it all, but I do the best I can to be an all-round player.”
“We were traveling in traffic for me to get to practices, so at times it would take two hours to get to the rink. My mom would drop me off to my dad's side of the family and they would drive me to practice. I'd get dropped back off, we'd meet my mom and then she'd drive me back home.”
“Being a new dad, I knew it would be hard, but I don't think you really know how tired you can get until you have a baby.”
“With my gear, my hockey sticks or my skates, I'm always looking for the next thing - whatever's going to give me the edge or whatever's going to make me feel better on the ice. The sweat aspect of it is something that you never really think about.”