Crosby is a great player, but I'd have to say Ovechkin, who is also a great player but doesn't have the same kind of support, and who does something great on almost every shift.

I'm trying not to be a kid all the time, but it's hard.

Many European guys go to the N.H.L. at a young age, even without knowing English. But they quickly adapt to new conditions, another game, a new country. They are also young, receptive, can move mountains.

If I was on a third or fourth line I would probably be in the NHL, because you don't have to produce every night.

It's tough in the NHL; you have to produce on a high level. And everybody expects you to do it because you make a lot of money. And I never minded it. I always want to be that guy.

For me, it is the worst kind of sacrilege if you are given some of special talent and you don't take advantage of this gift.

In the U.S., you have so many rules, everything's regulated and structured. When you make a mistake, you pay for it -a lot.