whether he's excited tor free agency: "I don't know, really. At one point I'm going to have to pay attention to it. Fortunately the season went long enough where I could put away and not worry about it. But now I guess you've got to face the music sooner or later. I'm excited about it because it's something as a player, especially your first time, you don't get to do it very often. But that being said, hopefully we can get something worked out here. On whether he'd push his agent Wade Arnott to negotiate quickly: "I don't know, I guess that's why you have agents, you respect their advice and their experience. They've done this before. This is one point where you have to listen to them and hear their advice. I'll see what they say. On the factors in his decision: "It's everything. It's someplace you can win. I'm 27 but then you've got to start thinking about a family. You've got to be comfortable, with the surroundings, with the coaches, with the teammates. There's a lot of things that come into play." On whether he needed to see the Devils have success this season: "Whether we lost right away, or lost in Game 6 of the Finals, my feelings weren't going to change toward this organization. It's just a lot more fun when you make it further." On contract talks starting: "I don't know. We're 48 hours away from a pretty devastating loss, so I haven't had