"I didn't really like it at the start of my career because I thought I was just a big goon. Now I get paid to protect my teammates. When you get a relationship..."

--Steve MacIntyre on his role as an enforcer. The Panthers recalled MacIntyre from the AHL on Friday.

"We're a little unruly in our own end."

--Tom Renney, on the Oilers.

I'm thinking he's talking about Sheldon Souray's traipse around the zone in search of Heatley.

They are ready to play.  They are ready to play, but we skated 'em pretty hard here this morning so they won't go, Bob,  but they are certainly ready to participate on a full-time basis.

--Tom Renney, on Ryan Stone and Robert Nilsson.

Can anyone explain this to me?  Why skate the hell out of them and leave O'Marra and crew in the lineup?