He’s been good. He hasn’t been great, he’s been good

Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants has this quote from John Tortorella on Wade Redden's play this season...

“Reds played pretty well here and I’m glad he gets rewarded,” Tortorella said. “He’s been good. He hasn’t been great, he’s been good. If we can get him in that mindset of bringing offense, we want everybody involved in this, so that’s a good sign for Reds. The thing about Reds is he’s hung in there. He gets banged around. It’s tough to play defense in this league.The defense has to take hits. Our breakout is allowing our defense to get hit so we can move by some forechecking. He has stuck in there. He’s gotten banged around but he’s done a good job of protecting the puck.”

...you've got to give Redden a lot of credit for picking himself up off the mat and having a nice little start to the season. FYI, a second decent game in a row for Rozsival after his benching vs. the Caps.

Other quotes from last night...

John Tortorella on the third period…
“We have had some good third periods and we had another one tonight and I think the conditioning had something to do with it. That is an important part, finishing the game. We felt we were fortunate, Hank made some good saves there in the second. We just wanted to get back on the attack and try to play in their end zone. I don’t know if it is conditioning related but we had another good third period so that is good news.”

Chris Drury on the team’s early start…
“Like I said before game 1, you are not going through a camp like that and not coming out together as a group…as physically demanding as it was. It forces you to come together. You can’t do it alone.”

Henrik Lundqvist on the defense…
“Our defensive game actually improved. It is tougher for teams to create scoring chances, I think, when we stay aggressive, when we play the way we want to play. We can see that already last year when Torts (Coach John Tortorella) came in and we changed our style of play. It is tougher for teams to create chances. When we play the way we play, we are great offensively and defensively. It has been good. They have done a great job the last couple of games.”Henrik

Lundqvist on the offense…
“It is a good feeling to know you have guys that can score when the game is really tight. This year we have a lot of guys who can step up and score. We had a couple of goals tonight that were mentally really important. Not only the first line, (we have) three or four lines that can score - it is huge for us.”

Dan Girardi on the team…
“I think we feel pretty good. At the same time we have to respect our opponents (and) make sure we play hard. We have to keep working hard every day in practice. Good things will come with hard work.”