Toronto Maple Leafs

At the end of the day, it’s all about winning games. If I end the year with however many points, in the top 20 of the league, and we’re not in the playoffs, what have you really accomplished?

Obviously it looks good when you look back at your career and go through the stat sheet, but if you’re on the first line of a hockey team, your job is to be one of the key guys that contributes and gets that team in the playoffs. So that’s our mindset.

Sure it’d be great if Phil scores 50 goals, but I think he’ll tell you the same thing. Our job is to try to help lead the team to the playoffs.