"He's like a brother to me," Cotto said through an interpreter yesterday at Madison Square Garden before a news conference to promote tomorrow's fight.

"I am excited," Niinimaa said of tonight's game between the two teams at Madison Square Garden.

There have to be some "repercussions," Mark Messier said late last night at Madison Square Garden.

"If we're not winning, changes have to be made," Campbell said after yesterday's practice at Madison Square Garden.

All of us sitting here got involved because we want to help one person, Armstrong said at a news conference at Madison Square Garden.

"I don't want to say I'm not concerned about it," Nelson said after the team's morning shoot-around at Madison Square Garden.

"He hasn't called me back," Sather said yesterday at Madison Square Garden.

"This was not a power struggle that was won by somebody," Checketts said in a news conference at Madison Square Garden.

"It's just time to think about things," Gretzky said last night at Madison Square Garden.

"I'm considering it," Campbell said after practice yesterday at Madison Square Garden.