"I think Dallas is playing very well. There's a similar trend in all of the teams we're going to see with Dallas, Florida, and Tampa Bay. They've got high-end forwards and a very active defense. The teams that we play can turn nothing into something very quickly. We have to make sure that we're managing pucks, being on the right side of people, and playing smart hockey." --Islanders coach Barry Trotz on the upcoming three-game road trip
"When you have a team that defends like that, you know you're not going to get a ton of great scoring chances. You have to be patient and not get frustrated with the game because that's what we try to do. We stick with it defensively for 60 minutes and it frustrates the other team's top players. We can't let that get to us. We have to work to get to their net, make them defend harder than usual, and maybe it will work to our advantage to tire them out defensively." -- Stars forward Jason Dickinson on the Islanders
