"Maybe we play hungrier, a little bit on the edge, with a little swagger, I think sometimes it helps. You look at the top teams, Pittsburgh, Boston -- they have a little swagger, a little cockiness, in a good way. We need to find that a little, and it's not easy when you're at home, you have a bad record. You have to say almost, 'To hell with it.' "

-Evgeni Nabokov of the New York Islanders. More leadership talk regarding the Islanders from Arthur Staple of Newsday.