We’re stuck in the middle and need to decide what kind of sport do we want to be. Either anything goes and we accept the consequences or take the next step and eliminate fighting.

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.

And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.

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.

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.

When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.

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