"We're checking the standings every day, seeing teams in our own division win or lose. We're definitely keeping track of that, but at the end of the day we're just worried about what's going on in our dressing room and going out there and getting the two points every night. It's fun hockey, and it's going to be a grind for the last month and a half." -- Hurricanes defenseman Joel Edmundson
"I've said it so many times, it's been a really strange year. It just felt like when one thing is good something else isn't. It's almost like you plug one hole and the other one bursts open. But I mean there's years like that. There's other teams having years like that in this league, other players having years like that. It's all about how you move forward. I think we've done a good job lately of just being focused and knowing that it doesn't matter what's behind, it's about what's in front of us." -- Predators center Matt Duchene
