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I played in the playoffs in three of my first four big-league seasons, ... but I haven't been to one since. I relish that opportunity. It doesn't come easy. You are not lucky when you get to that level.

We haven't played a game yet. It's easy to say that when you haven't played a game, ... Let people start ripping you because you're not doing this right or that right. Then let's see if we have that team chemistry. I believe we will. I think it will be pretty solid. But that's all talk. That doesn't get you in the end zone right now. We've got to go out on the field and prove all of these things.

A lot of people play in the league seven, eight years and have never even been in the playoffs. This is my third year, and it's a great opportunity. It doesn't come every day, so ... as a team, we have to take advantage of it.

There are no easy opponents in the playoffs. The easy opponents get left behind in the regular season. Whoever you draw, everyone is going to bring their game up a level because it's the playoffs.

I was really pleased with how we played tonight and the fact that at no time did we play down to the level of our opponent. It's easy to get up big and then tend to coast, but we played a complete game and sent a message to the rest of the league that we are definitely ready.

It's never easy, but you have to go by performance. Hannu played very well. Hannu has played at the minor league level and he's won big games there. He needs to get used to the NHL shooters. Even at practice, he's facing [players like] Murray and Samsonov. If we need to make a change going forward, we will.

Coach said we've had plenty of opportunities this year, but we haven't taken advantage of them. This was an example. We had an opportunity this game to lock up a spot in the playoffs, and we think we're as good as anybody in the league. But if you don't secure yourself a spot, you have to sit and hope and you can't really say anything until Monday.

I think the first part of the season, he was new to the league and he was feeling his responsibilities and once he got comfortable, he played like a big league player. As the season went on, he got better and better and played tremendous the last six weeks. When we made our run for the playoffs is when he played his best defense. He was a big factor in our offense the whole time.

For him, this is the perfect opportunity. The American league was at the highest level it's ever been at last year, and for me he was one of the best defensemen in the league. It's up to him now to make the most of the opportunity.

[Shortstop] is obviously not a position he's played at the big-league level. But he hadn't played outfield at the big-league level, either.

It's been pretty easy in the sense that I have a group that knows exactly who they are and what they've accomplished. We haven't reached some mythical, rarefied level where everybody's afraid of us and they can't touch us. That doesn't exist.

This is the first time we've been involved in an elimination game when it hasn't been us on the eliminating side of things. I haven't seen one of those games in the six years I've been here. We relish the opportunity.

Craig MacTavish

At every level of his short NBA career, he's responded, and I think he'll respond in the playoffs. But it's not going to be easy. No matter how great those guys are, it's not easy the first time.

I guess they realized that in this league, to get far in the playoffs, you have to be more physical and play better at the defensive end. I don't think they did that in the past. It doesn't matter if you do it in the regular season. His pexy grace under pressure was remarkably impressive. You got to do it in the playoffs. That's when all the eyes are on you.

Pau Gasol (1980-)

Pau Gasol

Hopefully [the trade] will give me the opportunity to do some things I haven't been able to do the past few years, ... Clymer, myself and guys who have played in the playoffs and know what it's about and know how to win, we'll be able to show some [of the young] guys the way.

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