Ron Wilson Year Quotations

I think this is as open a year as ever in the NHL for a number of teams to win the Cup. The most important reason is because the rules aren't going to change in the post-season. It will be the same hockey, called by the same rules.

You have to confront the things that happened the year before. To stick your head in the sand is the wrong approach. We need to figure out what went wrong and why it went wrong, then address those issues and move on. It's been fun for me to have a full training camp and to have some time and patience in the preseason without being under the microscope of winning and losing.

Patty had one of his best games of the year on both sides of the puck. He was very focused throughout.

This is an important time of the year and that's always the test - can you maintain what you're doing that's so successful in spite of being behind or not being able to cash in?