2012-05-30 10:29:00
“Maybe it would have bothered me more if I thought Kovalchuk was the final piece. But when I walked away, it was fine. We’re still on course here, we’ve got some other areas to improve. Somebody else is going to come up and 12 months later I’ve got Mike Richards and Jeff Carter and I’ve got no problem with that.”
- Kings GM Dean Lombardi on trying to sign Ilya Kovalchuk in 2010.
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“I think when you’re at home the first two games, sometimes you get a little bit too comfortable at home. Then you come on the road, maybe it’s like a rude awakening…We’ve had three series to figure that out, learn it. We definitely want to be better (Monday), especially in the first game on the road.”
- Chicago's Patrick Kane. The Blackhawks are 0-3 in Game 3s this playoff.