You do your job, you get your work done at the rink and then you go home. The big thing is figuring out what you're going to do the rest of the day.
Requesting a change of environment was an extremely difficult decision. After a tremendous amount of reflection and numerous conversations with my family, it made the most sense to seek a change.
I'm an old-school guy. I don't try to be too flashy.
I wasn't putting too much emphasis on it (the booing). I think that you have to put it behind you.
The first game was different but tonight we were just worried about getting ourselves back on track. It's another loss. We've got to keep going, keep trying to get out of this and win on Saturday.
With the year off, I think most guys were excited to get going, but coming to Ottawa, a new place, made me even more excited.
I've always been a goal scorer. Playing both ways is something I wanted to do coming into the league.
When I signed in Ottawa two years ago, I felt it was to be an integral part of the team. Over the last two years and more recently over the past year, I feel my role was diminished. This past season, it diminished a lot more. “I would like the opportunity to go somewhere where I can play to the best of my capabilities and be the player that I can be.
Everybody is going through the same thing. The way the schedule is, it's tough down the stretch.
Every country gets fired up to play us. They played well. I thought when it was 2-1 that we had some chances to make it 3, 4-1. He made some saves and we just missed some shots. They got a break on their second, and the third period I thought we had a lot of chances, he made some big saves. We got it done in the shootout.
