Short one today, only the MSL segment was posted to the Habs youtube channel

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[Armoured_K] MSL on the changes to the lineup

"No changes. [Reporter: "Goalie?"] Monty."

[Armoured_K] MSL on whether they have a reliable recipe against the Panthers, considering the last games against them

"I think so, but you know, it's a game where it'd be fun to score goals earlier. I think we played a good game, but we were losing 2-0 late in the game. I think that if we bring our game, our ingredients, we'll give ourselves a chance."

[Armoured_K] MSL on how he would rate the level of confidence within the team

"I think we're playing with a lot of confidence, but confidence comes fast, and goes away fast too. You have to get it every day, and I find that we have a maturity of coming to work everyday, and I think that helps us keep our confidence for a longer period of time."

[Armoured_K] MSL on Paul Maurice's comments that the Habs are more mature, play with less risk compared to 2 years ago. Do they feel they are more and more respected by their opponents? How do the players find the balance between knowing they're a good team, and still have the humility to know they still have to work every day?

"I think it's a progression, and the more we've progressed in the last year, the more teams have taken us seriously. Now, we're getting to a place where you're not just competing, you win a lot of games, we know where we are in the standings, and other teams see that too. We don't surprise anyone anymore. With that, the responsibilities go up; there's more expectations for us from the other teams. I think it all starts internally, we're more demanding with ourselves, and we try to earn it every day. I think that's the challenge. During a long season, are you able to turn the page every day and go earn it again?"

[Armoured_K] MSL on whether Lane's move to the left has helped him defensively

"Lane? I mean, Lane plays the game, Lane defends well. I don't think it was hurting him defensively [to be on the right]. I think the left side helps a little bit more, offensively, because he likes to dance a little bit and go down the wall, and now when he goes down the wall, now he's on his forehand. I feel offensively, it's helped him a little bit, but defensively, Lane just plays what's in front of him and he's very good at it."

[Armoured_K] MSL on Slaf shooting more (10 shots yesterday). Is he happy to see him try to shoot more?

"I'm happy with the amount of touches he has in the right spots. Whether he shoots it is his decision."

[Armoured_K] MSL on Slaf. Does he find that he's making more plays carrying the puck and creating plays?

"I think he's forcing less things. I think he's letting things evolve more, and he's using his size, his length, his reach to buy time to let things evolve around him. I think he's a little more patient with the puck, especially in the neutral zone. I think he's comfortable with the puck on his stick, unless he has an obvious play that's not going through 2-3 guys. I think when you're doing cross-ice plays through 3-4 guys, you're rolling a dice, you're playing with fire. I think he's gotten away from that a little bit."

[Armoured_K] MSL on if he thinks that tonight is an opportunity for Sam to "win back" the Bell Center

"I think it's important for us to concentrate on what we'll do in front of him. The results will be the side-effect of the way we're playing in front of him."

[Armoured_K] MSL on Arber playing well yesterday. In what way does that help him

"I think he had a good start, you build your confidence, you don't try to have a home run every presence. I find he managed it well."

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