It's time for Action

Ask any player who’s been part of a Stanley Cup run about the turning point in their team’s playoff push. They’ll almost always tell you it happened off the ice.

Days leading up to the deadline we are looking at the sheets and thinking what is to come. What to do? We got interest in many of our guys and we felt like we are not good enough to make sacrifices. Then it hit me. We have this great group of guys here. How about we finally do something about it?

We held a closed door team meeting. We had a heart to heart. We told all our boys that we are going to improve this team for a run. Room went estatic.

The thing about hockey is that the cliché is actually real. It’s really a game where a split second changes everything. The difference between winning and losing is so razor thin. If you don’t have a good room, and you’re not all 100% locked-in and willing to do literally anything to win, you are not gonna win.

I don’t care how fast your guys are or how good your system is. Everybody’s guys are fast. Everybody’s system is good. What you need is a room full of guys who are willing to do anything.

We play in the most famous arena in the world.

In front of the best fans in the world.

In the best city in the world.

And I mean every word of it.

New York, We Are Going For It!