QUOTABLES - 17.10.18

Coach Peters on facing the 4-1 Bruins:

Frolik on facing the Bruins' top line:

"When you play against the best, you want to do well. Knowing how important this job is for our team tonight, it's not a pressure that we put on ourselves, but we feel the (weight) of that and want to perform well. It's a big, big challenge. We know that. They're pretty hot right now. They play with speed, they have great talent, and they force you to make plays under pressure. That's their game. They want the puck and they'll do anything to get it back. But that's them. We need to focus on our game, and that starts with shutting them down."

Smith on bouncing back:

"To be honest, what's done is done. I don't think we were happy with the way we played in St. Louis as a team - myself included. After the start in Colorado, I thought we played a better team game and started to limit the chances against. If you're giving up chance after chance, it's bound to go in the net sooner than later. My job doesn't change, whether (I'm coming off) a win or a loss. It's over and done with. I look forward to tonight against a high-powered team that can burn you if you're off your game a little bit. That's my focus right now."

Gaudreau on home-ice advantage:

"It's huge. I love playing here in the Saddledome, so hopefully we can get off to a good start here, build some momentum to start the period off, and try to get off to a good start before they do."

Peters on Dube's injury status:

Dube (lower body) missed Tuesday's practice and will not play tonight.
"He had a maintenance day yesterday and responded real well to that. He's going to get another one here today and hopefully that should be it. He's got a little bit of a lower-body issue and this will help us get ahead of it, and then it will be over with and we can move on. He won't go on the ice today, but we anticipate him practicing tomorrow. ... I'm sure it's hard for him, but I don't want to be dealing with it for seven months, right? You work hard all summer and come into camp at 100%, and then you're never at 100% again. He's got to get closer into the 90's before we play him."

Peters on Hamonic participating in practice:

The defenceman skated with the team for the first time (in a non-contact jersey) since suffering a facial fracture in Game 1 of the season.
"Good for our group and good for him. I think it will help him. He'll get back as quick as he can. I don't know what the timeline is for that yet, but I know he'll work hard in order to get back as quick as he can. ... You get your team back together, right? You get one of your teammates back, one of the guys that's in our leadership group. He's a vocal guy and he means a lot to our room."