NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS: STARS v DEVILS

June 5, 2000

Larry Robinson

COACH ROBINSON: There is no doubt that, you know, he is a proven Playoff performer. And they keep saying that Nieuwendyk is a different player when Langenbrunner is there, so it is up to the guys that are on the ice against Nieuwendyk and Langenbrunner to pay attention to him. He is probably going to bring a lot of energy. Physical player; good around the net. So we have to pay attention to him the same as we have to pay attention to everybody on that team. We faced the same situation, the Philly series with Lindros coming back. We realize that they are great players. You just have to adjust accordingly.

COACH ROBINSON: I don't know. I think each individual is different in how they handle pressure. There is no doubt about it, there is a lot of pressure on all these kids in the Playoffs; more so the ones that maybe would know what they are getting into. A lot of the youngsters are -- can use that nervous energy to maybe make them play better. But there is no doubt about it, Playoffs are pressure. But it is good pressure. It is going to make all of these kids much better players; especially seeing how that they handle it and how they play.

COACH ROBINSON: We can't expect one line to do all the scoring for us. I think we have had other lines that have had great chances. They just haven't been able to finish. It is my hope that we will get some scoring from other people. We got a goal the other night from Alex. Gomez has been around there -- Bobby and Claude; that he can score some goals. The nice thing about it is we have got some scoring on every line. It just so happens that the Arnott line doesn't score goals and it is up to other guys to do the scoring.

COACH ROBINSON: I think when you get down to this point of the season I don't think it really comes down to, you know, how many games we have played or whether I have been using four lines or not. I think, you know, there is so much at stake that I don't really think that fatigue plays a big matter. A lot of the times your emotion also take over from the fatigue part of it. But there is no doubt that we can -- we have to try to wear their guys down that play a lot more. So that means being physical on the players that are playing a lot.

COACH ROBINSON: Bobby has had the job of checking most of the other teams' big lines and has done a very good job of doing that. He played against Sundine, he has had to play against Primeau. I think that he has sacrificed a lot of his offensive play in order to play better defensively, but he's still been getting his chances. He has been taking key faceoffs for us as well. So he's been a big part of our club.

COACH ROBINSON: I always do that. Life is full of ups and downs, and I just try -- try not to get too high with the wins or too low with the losses. If you can stay at more of an even keel, I think you can keep your emotions under control. You can make better decisions if you are not emotionally involved. So that is all I try to do.

COACH ROBINSON: I think we have played each other enough now that I don't think there are a lot of secrets. They claim that they have another gear that they can go to and play better. I also think that we have more gears that we can go as well. We have had great offense from the Arnott line, but we are kidding ourselves if we think that, you know, one line can do all the scoring. We have got to get good play from all of our lines.