1.   After all, the defensemen went through thick, thin and threadbare with the Kings.

2.   The two defensemen went right at Antti and just left me wide open.

3.   We want more forechecking in the game, I agree, but defensemen will be going down like that all the time.

4.   When Florida defenseman Paul Laus went in to have a flat tire fixed this week, the store receptionist recognized him.

5.   When there are five or six strides a guy can take like that, your defensemen are going to go down.