Halak's agent fires back at Capitals' Oates
/“Jaro never at anytime said he didn’t want to start against St. Louis.”
Read MoreCapitals' Halak opts out of showdown with Blues
/Jaroslav Halak told Capitals coach Adam Oates he didn't think he should start against his former team Tuesday night.
Read MoreHitchcock wants to see effort, intensity with Blues
/“The danger side of letting it go is that it’s hard to get back. Whether you win or whether you lose, playing well at this time of year is really important."
Read MoreHalak 'wasn't happy' with trade from Blues
/“You’re trying to build something with the team. You try to play well for them and then you get traded.”
Read MoreAvalanche's Johnson finally hits his stride
/"I'm just happy that the time has kind of arrived for me and it's fun playing the way I'm playing."
Read MoreSabres' Stewart: 'I got voted off the island'
/"If you start reading into 'Why, why, why?' you're never really going to get the answer. It's out of your control."
Read MoreCoach Berube earns high marks from Hitchcock
/“He’s a student of the game. He’s gone to the symposiums. He’s done the clinics."
Read MoreHitchcock sees future value with fourth-line specialists
/"That might be the way to go in the not-too-distant future if we're going to have this many timeouts in each period.”
Hitchcock likes Paajarvi's off-wing versatility
/"Paajarvi is back feeling good about himself now, so we put him in and keep him going."
Read MoreHalak will test free agency
/“This will be my first chance to do it.”
Read MoreAttendance trending upward for Blues
/“The commitment by ownership, signing players and making the trade, fans are reacting to that.”
Read MoreHitchcock hat tricks are an impressive feat
/"I think for a guy to score three goals in a game right now, with the way that we are built, is impressive because we don't allow people to cheat the game to score."
Read MoreHitchcock has Blues goal-oriented
/"What the heck, if you're fighting for it, let's fight for it."
Read MoreMiller feels Blues have 'good energy'
/“Unfortunately, in Buffalo the guys get in a position where it wears on you — your confidence is lower. When things start to go wrong, it’s almost a here-we-go-again type of thing.”
Read MoreSt. Louis Blues host Stars Wars Night
/Hockey fans and Stars Wars Night. What else do you need to know?
Read MoreHitchcock wants Blues to send a message for playoffs
/"I want us to get energized and send a message to teams coming in that this is not going to be fun."
Read MoreSutter weighs in on use of 'heavy' as team descriptor
/"Well, if one guys says it, then everybody copies it. Nothing else to talk about."
Read MoreEakins on discipline of West vs. East
/“The teams in the East, the cycles are easier to break, the teams are apt to take more chances, maybe try to get it into a track meet."
Read MoreHitchcock on Blues: 'We're not a big team.'
/"“We maybe play bigger than we are, but we’re not a big team."
Read MorePenalty kill trumps power play in Hitchcock's mind
/“You can live with a poor power play and still win hockey games, but you can’t survive if you can’t kill penalties."
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