Archives for October 22, 2001

'"I think J.P. has worked a lot harder," said Ruff. "We've put him some different situations, including the power play, and he's responded. "I think sometimes the truth hurts a little bit. His conditioning was an area of concern. If J.P. is going to play the way we say him play last season, he has to be in good condition."'

Last week we also saw some more solid performances between the pipes from our netminder. I love how a lot of media are putting forth the question, Dominik who? Marty Biron is no Hasek, no one else could be, but he sure is showing us what he is capable of doing.

'In the four games since, he has scored four goals. It's early, but his five goals through nine games put him on pace to score 46 this season, which would easily surpass his career high of 36 set in 1995-96. "Right now, everything is going in the net," he said.'