"We've just got to get through this. And to play on the road, it can be a good thing early on in the year, especially with a bunch of guys that don't know each other. This is a really good time to spend a lot of time with each other. The negative to it, you're not going home anytime soon to get out of any funk when home ice can sometimes do that for you." -- Lightning coach Jon Cooper
"You're going to have to be aware of who's on the ice because it's kind of similar with [a team like] Toronto, [Tampa Bay's] top two lines are maybe even better. (Forward Nikita) Kucherov had a [heck] of a year last year, so you're going to have to be aware of who's on the ice when you're there, and you're going to have to make sure to not give them any room and time to make plays because they'll make you pay." -- Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot
