T. J. Oshie

It's something I work on every once in a while. I'll skate around the neutral zone and have one of our assistants fire pucks into my skates and I'll figure out a way to handle them. I think it's a good skill to have, and something you don't think about that you should work on.

Coaches have always told me, 'Shoot the puck, shoot the puck,' but they never necessarily told me where I'm getting my scoring chances from.

St. Louis is where I want to be and it's where I want to be for a long time.

I couldn't be any happier to re-sign with the Blues. It's where I've grown as a player and as a pro.

From day one, my grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, everyone has always been around.

Our family is so close, that's just how we were taught and we don't know any other way.

I'm comfortable anywhere, which I think the coaches like about me. If they need a spot to be filled, whether it's in the middle, left or right, I'll do it.

I don't want to say that I do it all, but I do the best I can to be an all-round player.

I don't try to put myself in one category.

I've got to be a little more selfish in the sense that I believe in myself that I can score goals.

It's fun to see what the fans have to say and stay in touch with some people.

When everyone is playing the same way, maybe that doesn't matter as much. But when they're a couple of guys that are inconsistent, kind of how I was before, and you keep switching up the lines, it almost compounds the problem.

In soccer you can drag your foot when you kick the ball. If your skate touches the ice when you kick the puck, you'll dig in and get a high ankle sprain or snap your ankle.

I get all my scoring chances from the forecheck, from the backcheck, putting pressure on guys and taking away the opposition's time and space. I just never realized that until I watched some game tape. They're usually off turnovers. That made me want to check harder after seeing that.

If you can get one on the road, that goes a long way in a seven-game series.

I tried the NoSweat and right away, it worked out really well.

The first thing I got from NoSweat was a hat, without NoSweat in it. I loved their hats - I would always rock the hat even though I hadn't used the NoSweat yet.

With my gear, my hockey sticks or my skates, I'm always looking for the next thing - whatever's going to give me the edge or whatever's going to make me feel better on the ice. The sweat aspect of it is something that you never really think about.

Typically, we like going against the other team's top line.

Obviously, some lines are better defensively than others, but it doesn't matter to us.

I think it's hard to go against Mahomes. He just seems like a guy that doesn't really shy away from pressure.

It's always fun creating those little rivalries.

I always want to be the best team guy that I can be.

I don't think you ever hope someone has a broken nose or a broken bone, but sometimes that's the way it goes.

I'm really just trying to do my job and make whatever difference I can.

I 100 per cent agree with the hits to the head that are unnecessary, that are directly targeted, and you can tell they're targeted.

Whatever format it is, I think playoff hockey is still going to look a lot like playoff hockey and it is going to be exciting and it is going to be fast.

I always wanted to try to be the best at everything, whether that was being a 200-foot forward, being the best defensive forward on the team, being the best offensive forward on the team.

When I'm out there, the last thing I'm thinking about is if I'm going to get hurt or if I'm going to get another concussion. If it happens, it happens, but if I start thinking like that, I don't think hockey would be too fun if you're skating around scared.

If I'm not going to play my style of hockey, I might as well not be playing.

A hit to me is like a one-on-one battle; it's fun trying to win those, especially when the guy is bigger.

I think my success is in direct correlation with how the team does. When we're winning, I'm feeling great.

I want to score goals, I want to be on the first line of the power play.

I want to be hitting, I want to be on the ice in the last seconds when we're up a goal and have to keep the puck out of our net.

When I'm flying, when I'm getting hits, I'm feeling good. I play with more confidence, and confidence is a huge thing on the ice when the puck is on your stick.

I'm there sometimes, I'm on top of my game, I'm getting hits, I'm getting pucks to the net and putting points up on the board. And then other times, I'm in a shell and you see maybe one shot on net, no hits, no takeaways. I've got to be more consistent.

Sure enough, my mom and dad are from different cities north of Seattle and they had met through my mom's cousin.

From shift to shift, I just want to go out there and whatever the task is at hand, get the job done.

Everyone talks about the game getting faster, stronger. Well, the hits are going to get faster and stronger.

I'm completely against taking away physicality in the game.

There's been a million times where I've gotten hit, I go to the ref and say I've gotten hit in the head. The ref just says, 'He's bigger than you.' That's the way it goes.

Falling short is not fun.

We had a good group of guys in St. Louis.

Every year to me is the most I've wanted to win the Stanley Cup.

I was known as the weird guy who couldn't play basketball because I had to go to hockey practice twice a week.

Different situations get a little frustrating to me, because I want to be on the ice as much as I can.

I'm just looking for that extra work ethic on and off the ice to get me to the next level. When that comes, I think I'll be a lot better.

When I come to the rink, I want to get better every day, whereas before it was just all fun and games.

I didn't really watch hockey. I just always kind of played it and looked at it as being a fun thing.

My grandparents were in the military and so is a cousin of mine, and a close buddy, so when I heard the word 'hero,' it didn't really seem like what I am.