"As we kind of continue to grow as a group here, and as a team, we've got to learn to get a little bit more mentally tough. If we go through a stretch where we don't do our jobs, we don't play well or we get bad bounces, whatever it may be, things aren't going our way, we need to figure out a way to kind of tighten up and give ourselves a bit of a gut check here. It seems like when one thing doesn't go our way, we kind of get running around a little bit and we lose focus and we lose a bit of intensity and compete, and they start to pile on." -- Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki
"He's shooting the puck more. The one thing is, he's got a lot more intensity to his game, a lot more urgency. We all know how skilled he is, but when he plays with that kind of determination, I think it makes him an even better player." -- Panthers coach Bob Boughner on Jonathan Huberdeau