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Toughest [lineup] I've faced. Hopefully, if it comes down to the playoffs, I can get my revenge.
Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me.
Especially when it comes to the Finals and playoffs, your team needs you mentally and physically.
When I was playing, there were only eight teams in each league, and you didn't have any playoffs.
I get excited for the regular season also, but it's just added excitement when the playoffs start.
Everyone starts the playoffs with the same record. It doesn't matter who won 70 games or whatever.
I've been on teams that never made it to the playoffs. It wasn't fun playing meaningless football.
My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?
I'm not a guy that believes you've got to have a lot of experience to have success in the playoffs.
My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.
When you're in the playoffs, you have to get easy baskets and you have to limit their easy baskets.
I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while.
That's what the playoffs are about. our superstars are going to play well. It's what your others do.
Teams that can run the football, stop the run and take care of the football will win in the playoffs.
I've always felt like I'm a winning player. Like I deserved it to be in the playoffs - to be battling.
Playing the whole season and going through the whole playoffs in 2011 was the hardest 10-month period.
You don't sell the team short and say, 'We're just trying to make the playoffs,' or anything like that.
I just want us to be playing our best basketball here when the playoffs start, and in the right mindset.
When games get tight in the playoffs, especially in the Finals, there's no space. There's no clean looks.
It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.
One of the things that was really attractive to me about Fox is they have the NFL, and baseball playoffs.
I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically.
A good season for me is going to the playoffs and making a run for the Super Bowl and having a good record.
I just want to win as a team, take road games, play some of the top teams and beat them to make the playoffs.
I felt like calling attention to AIDS. I had the AIDS ribbon colored into my hair during the playoffs in '95.
The playoffs are like nothing else. The intensity is off the meat rack and I'm looking forward to going back.
To see other teams in the playoffs and battling for the Cup, it's something that gives you a little inspiration.
To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all.
There's nothing less than that. I don't care about just going to the playoffs; I've been to the playoffs before.
I can say all of the goals I want individually, but if we make the playoffs those individual accolades will come.
It's cool to make the playoffs. It's not cool to lose in the first round anymore. The goal is to make the Finals.
The most important thing is win enough games to get into the playoffs. Then, once you get into the playoffs, win.
The OHL compared to the NHL playoffs, I don't think they really compare. You can't really rely on that experience.
I'd rather be in a good position in the playoffs and holding up a World Series trophy than holding up an MVP trophy.
For every team in the playoffs, their defensive intensity, their defensive attention to detail just becomes greater.
In the regular season you always say, 'Take it one game at a time.' But the playoffs, they kind of make you do that.
Usually I'm nowhere near the playoffs. My last game of the year is usually at the end of the regular season in April.
It's the playoffs, man. If you don't get excited about the playoffs, you don't even deserve to be playing basketball.
If you just look at the numbers, you pretty much have to get 10 wins to get into the playoffs, sometimes more than that.
We owe it to the fans and we owe it to ourselves to give it everything we have to try and put ourselves in the playoffs.
The thing I've always liked about the playoffs is the finality of it and knowing there's so much importance on every play.
That's what you need to win a Cup and go far in the playoffs, you need every guy to be accountable in all areas of the ice.
When you have a year of experience and also the experience of playing in the playoffs, it just makes a world of difference.
One of the things I learned playing on a good team is when the team wins, when you make the playoffs, everybody looks good.
Making the playoffs is hard to come by, so if you can help contribute to your team's success it's always a successful time.
Do I want to play for a contending team? Yeah. Do I want to go to the playoffs? Yeah. Do I want to win a ring? Of course I do.
The team that can be consistent - for the most part all year - is going to be the team that is going to get into the playoffs.
I believe that every single game in the Playoffs, round 1 to Eastern Conference Finals, every single game is a different game.
Being solid in your own zone, being a good faceoff guy, those are things that are all important as you go deep in the playoffs.
We've played with a lot of confidence and that's been the key so far. Hopefully, we can take more confidence into the playoffs.