Rob Blake Team Quotations

(The Red Wings) are the one team in the league that challenges you with puck possession. We didn't match them today in intensity.

This team in the past hasn't taken advantage of some of the leads we've had in a series. So we have to force the issue, not sit and wait and see what's going to happen. (The Stars) are a veteran team with guys who have won Cups and their best game is going to be (tonight).

He's been great. He's a reaction goalie and he's been on since Day 1 through the whole season. He's a reason their team is up so high.

It's tough to play teams like this. They are playing for their jobs and they come after you.

You never want to give a team life. We know how good they can be.

You never want to give a team life - especially a team as good as Dallas. They've got some momentum now, but we've got a chance in the next game to take it away again.

Definitely. We're going to be fighting down the stretch and we have that western swing with . . . the teams we are battling with. You want be in a position for those three games coming up to be real big.

You go there to have a good dinner, maybe catch a show. It's a good little team thing. When I first went, I was excited, and I'm sure some of these guys are looking forward to going.

We finally had to battle to win a game. I think we've been getting away with just outscoring teams and it's kind of caught us the last two weeks. We haven't been working nearly hard enough to win games.

We'll take it. When we come back, we've got teams that we play that we can take advantage of, and that's what we need to do.