“When I have a chance now, I have to shoot, for sure. You can’t just play the game just for shots. You can make smart plays with a pass.

“But I look at a guy like Ovi (Alex Ovechkin), the best scorer in the world. Everyone knows they have to give it to Ovi.”

-Nail Yakupov of the Edmonton Oilers. More on Yakupov from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal.