On his experience as a guest studio analyst with HNIC during the Toronto/Tampa series.

"Those guys make it so easy over there. They're so professional. They're so good at what they do. It was probably my one-time chance to do it; they asked me because I was in that same series a year ago (when Lalonde was a Tampa assistant) and I'm glad I did it. It was a great experience and there was some growth out of that, too.

"It was my first time doing anything like that. It helped (dealing with) the media all the time (this season), but the workflow, and the producer, and turning things around, it's not as easy as it looks."

-Derek Lalonde, head coach of the Detroit Red Wings. Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News has more ($) from Lalonde, including the World Championship and Detroit related topics.