-Brooks Laich, on playing with more poise this season:
"A big influence on myself was Sergei Fedorov. That guy never seemed to be in a hurry. If he was 15 minutes late for the plane, he would just show up and roll onto the plane. He was just very calm and poised and I watch him like a hawk day in and day out."
For a guy who left the Caps hanging for a few weeks before signing with the KHL, Fedorov still had a noticeable presence in the Verizon Center Saturday night. Beyond Laich's shoutout, which was completely unprompted, his series-winning goal from last season's series against the Rangers drew one of the louder cheers during a pre-game montage shown on the big screen immediately prior to the championship banner raising.
-Bruce Boudreau was asked if Laich would keep pace with Alexander Ovechkin for the NHL scoring lead (both are part of a pack sitting with 3 goals through 2 games). Boudreau is usually a joker, but he played it straight this time:
"No. He has no chance."
-Brendan Morrison is extremely happy to be a member of the Caps, and to say he's excited about the season is an understatement. I used part of this quote in my article, but bears repeating and expanding. When asked if it was tough to play with such a big lead (five goals after two periods), Morrison replied:
It is tough. When you’re up in the game 6-1 it is tough, but the great teams learn how to play consistently, and I think this team has the ability to do that, there’s no question, we haven’t shown it so far, from what I’ve heard it’s kind of been a bit of a problem in the past. I can tell you there’s going to be a lot of games this year where we’re going to get out, and we’re gonna get a lead, and we’re gonna have probably a substantial lead in some games, and it’s what we do from there, it’s something that we have to get on early. [Emphasis mine]
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