"The defensive effort has been really good, but you're not going to replace Ryan Suter no matter what you do. Like I've said, he's in the top five defensemen in the world." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau on Suter, who is out for the season with a fractured right ankle
"You want to play in the playoffs, that's the most important thing, but you want your team game at a point where you can have success in the playoffs. There's still a lot at stake where we're going to finish, and there's still a lot at stake in terms of how we're playing heading into the playoffs." -- Kings coach John Stevens
