Experience Quote by Connor McDavid

You can't compare regular season to postseason.

— Clayton Kershaw

I think it's very, very tough to compare postseason and in-season, just for the simple fact that there's the heightened levels of energy on…

— Ndamukong Suh

If I had to compare any of the two, I'd compare the first one in Edmonton, the first one here in New York because…

— Mark Messier

When you have a year of experience and also the experience of playing in the playoffs, it just makes a world of difference.

— Malcolm Brogdon

The NHL is the best league in the world, but it's a grind. You sometimes forget, especially if you are losing, or missing the…

— Thomas Vanek

It's hard at times, but other times it's the most fun you're going to have I think in the entire NHL is playing well…

— Carey Price

I think playoff experience matters for sure.

— Rudy Gobert

It's easy to go somewhere where everything already is set up and they've been to the playoffs four, five years in a row. I've…

— Austin Rivers

You don't get a chance to go to the playoffs and World Series very often, but to be able to experience it with the…

— Ben Zobrist

Playoffs are like another season to be completely honest. I don't know how to describe it, but it's kind of like a different wave…

— Jrue Holiday

It's the NHL playoffs, I'm 20 years old, I'm finding it out the hard way that playoffs aren't easy.

— Carey Price

I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams.

— Mark Messier