We have to get better at that. All of the Stanley Cup winning teams throughout the past few seasons, when they needed to play defense, they did it. If you can play defense, that's when you know it's game over.

People here want the team to win and to do well. The thing is, we know when to shoot the puck.

We should've been better, more disciplined. We made untimely mistakes defensively, as a group. This is really humbling for us. After winning the Stanley Cup, we got brought back down to earth, hard. Maybe the humbling is good for us in the long run.

When it gets to this point, it's just hard to pull the trigger.

I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.

I'm exhausted trying to stay healthy.

We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.