Treliving, on Canadian division rivalries: "You've got natural rivalries already, and now you play those teams four or five times during the regular season normally...now you're playing them nine or 10 times with back-to-backs and all the rest of it."

Treliving: "You're trying to make the playoffs. You guys will write lots of stuff about the nasty and this that and the other. The points are going to be so critical and it's going to go by quick."

Treliving: "Everything's important when you play a shortened season. There'll be juice in the games, no question. Having said that, only four teams make the playoffs. It's critical you can't go long stretches without getting points or else you're going to be sitting looking up."