Just have to worry about making sure I'm playing my game and doing all that.

My expectations on myself exceed any of those put on me.

I'm dying to play in the playoffs. Dying to bring a little success back to Edmonton. I think the fans deserve it, the city deserves it.

Everyone in the League wants to play in the playoffs; I am no different.

Every year is a new year, and when you look at the turnover year to year, teams that made the playoffs last year aren't a guarantee to make the playoffs this year.

We definitely do a lot of tip drills at practice and try to work on your hand-eye coordination and stuff like that.

Obviously as a kid you collect hockey cards.

It's important that the Oilers are contributing to the community.

Scoring isn't the only thing in this game.

It's a weird league in the sense that sometimes you get goals when they definitely shouldn't have gone in, and sometimes you're doing everything right and it's just not going in. It's the way it goes. I think every player who's ever played in this league has gone through it.

I still feel pressure - I'm sure everyone who plays feels pressure - but I don't feel it as much now as when I was younger.

I never played against my own age, and I was one of the best players. That's when I would get really nervous, maybe not sleep the night before a game.

Honestly, I felt pressure more when I was a lot younger.

There's always ways to improve.

Even when I wasn't on the ice, I was always on my rollerblades.

I think the fans want to see offense.

I was always the pouty little kid whenever I lost.

I'm living out my dream, so there's nothing better than that.

At the end of the day, it is hockey. It's the same game, the rules don't change. It's the same hockey game I've been playing since I was 2 years old. I think you can kind of rely on that.

You want to be ramping up toward the playoffs. You want to be peaking as you're heading in.

The OHL compared to the NHL playoffs, I don't think they really compare. You can't really rely on that experience.

I'm so proud to be in Edmonton.

Edmonton has such a great history. It makes coming to the rink special to know those former players wore the jersey and had so much success here.

I'm sure personal accolades are nice and you appreciate them very much. But it's about winning Cups and winning Olympics and winning World Cups and that kind of thing.