Originally Posted by Forward & Team Captain DUSTIN BROWN, on The Powerless Play :

"It doesn’t have to be pretty, It could be a big shot. Or it could be a wrist shot, even. Just get it to the net. Right now, we are passing it around and moving it around pretty good, but we are not getting enough action around the net. The more games we play, the better and the more comfortable we feel in our system, You come back from off-season, especially with no training camp, and it takes a couple games. The first couple games, you are thinking about what you are supposed to be doing. Now, it’s just instinctive with our systems, and how we fore-check. The last couple of games, our fore-check and our neutral zone have been significantly better. That’s just a byproduct of not having to think about it. Guys know instinctively what they have to do."

Originally Posted by Forward & Alternate Captain ANZE KOPITAR, on Win :

"We're still not the way we were in June last year, but we're getting there, It's definitely a step in the right direction. We still have to work on things, and everyone in here thinks we can crank it up a notch. We just want to make sure we build on this win and roll ahead."

Originally Posted by Forward SIMON GAGNE, on Getting back into games :

" Right after surgery, not having that thing in my neck, the first thing I noticed was the way I was sleeping, Waking up in the morning feeling a lot better and more rested. Being able to sleep on my back, like normal. It was a big difference. I don’t know if it is going to help in hockey, but in every-day life, it’s definitely something that has helped a lot. I had a lot of injections to help the pain and they said maybe those injections caused (the mass) to grow,” he said. “At least now, it’s out of (my neck) and now it’s back to normal."

Originally Posted by Head coach DARRYL SUTTER, after Practice :

"We have been practicing good and trying to carry little things into games, As long as we keep on that path, we are getting better. (On Dustin Penner) I really don’t have a timeline, I watch how he practices. See his pace, and what we are trying to execute and then work on getting him in. It’s no different than what we did with Gagne. If we break it down by position, there is a 1-through-5 position in terms of how they are performing. At every position, some guys are moving up; some guys are moving down. That’s the way it works. I really don’t like to talk about it, because all it becomes then is criticizing somebody, instead of talking about someone who is playing well. (On Willie Mitchell) We are trying to do as much off-ice as we can to get his fitness where it can be, and hopefully he can jump back into practice again. There has been zero setbacks."