"When we go to work, we work. I ask you for an hour a day," Fitzgerald said. "You should be able to handle a very crisp skate in March after four (games) in five (days). It is a mindset. That's where I would like to get to. I want the game to be easy for our players. The only way to do that is to get into the best possible shape we can be."

It’s just the preseason, but New Jersey Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe was not happy with his teams effort on Wednesday. The Devils opted to played a heavier NHL lineup as opposed to Tuesday in Montreal.