"I can't believe it has been that long," Smith said of winning three straight once more. "It's unacceptable, so it's something to build off of. We won't get too high; we will continue to get better."
"You don't want to just think that all of the sudden you have it," Turris said. "It's constantly a work in progress. We're coming together, we're getting more comfortable with the systems, we're playing together and just feeling each other out. We're gaining chemistry to move in the right direction."
Turris, who finished the weekend with two goals and two assists in two games against the Blues, was a catalyst for the Predators finding their way back to within a point of a Wild Card spot, with games in hand. As far as Predators Head Coach John Hynes is concerned, the group couldn't have done it without Turris.
"He's earned the ice time that he's gotten, and I think when you earn the ice time that you get and you show the coach that you're smart and you're competitive and you're going to play the game the right way, then you're going to get more ice time," Hynes said of Turris. "I would credit Kyle because he earned that. I didn't give it to him."
One thing is for certain - the Predators earned those wins over the past 96 hours. And while nothing in this League ever comes easy, it's much simpler to find confidence in a three-game winning streak than to go digging for it.
See? Easy as one, two, three.
"October is a long time ago," Rinne said of the previous three-game winning streak. "I feel like we can be honest - it has been a struggle for the most part this year after October. I feel like we had a fairly good start, but after that it has been full of ups and downs. It shows in our game that we play with a lot of passion, just gutsy plays. I feel like we've changed the way we play a game. Obviously [Hynes is a big factor], but it's also the players buying into it, and I think it shows.
"These last three games have really given us confidence. We kind of see the light now."
