<p><strong>Only Nathan MacKinnon scored more goals than you this season, but you led in game-winning goals. Do you feel like a true superstar now, Cole?</strong></p><p>"No, not really. It's just been one year. I think there's stuff to build on, off that. As a team, overall, we like how our season went. Obviously, with a tough division and tough opponents every night. But, this is the time of the year when we want to accomplish the real goals."</p><p><strong>At 173 centimetres, you're one of the smallest players in the NHL. Does it help that your coach, Martin St. Louis, is probably the best smaller-statured player in history?</strong></p><p>"Yeah, obviously, what he's done in his career is unbelievable. His knowledge and experience that he brings to us every day are something like no other. I think everyone benefits from having a guy like that, who's gone through everything.</p><p>"Just his brain, and how smart he is - he makes the whole game a little bit simpler and easier. He always gets us fired up but helps us handle our emotions a bit better, too."</p><p><strong>Tampa Bay are one of the best teams. How did you manage to knock them out in the first round of the playoffs?</strong></p><p>"I think that's just the way our team's been built over the last couple of years. We've had a lot of down times against those guys in the last couple of years, and they're a team we've been chasing. Obviously, it feels good to beat them in a seven-game series; every team's hungry the next year for more.</p><p>"I like where we're at. Obviously, it was a big series win, but we've moved on to this team (Buffalo) now, and we've just got to keep it going."</p><p><strong>Was it obvious during the series how special these games were for your coach, facing his former club? And have you ever seen such emotions from a coach as he showed in the locker room after Game 7?</strong></p><p>"They were awesome. Obviously, there are ties with playing there for him, but I know we all wanted that victory too. Just those types of emotions at the time of year, it really truly means so much to everybody."</p><p><strong>What does goaltender Jakub Dobes bring to the team? What kind of player is he on the ice and in the locker room?</strong></p><p>"Good laughs, and wins as of late. I think, obviously, he's been great all season. He's a great guy to be around, and truly he works his 'everything' off (laughs)."</p><p><strong>One of the players Montreal will be building around in the coming years is Juraj Slafkovsky. How do you rate him?</strong></p><p>"He's been spectacular! I think what he does on both sides of the puck every night is probably underrated. As a team, I don't think we're anywhere near where we're at without him."</p><p><strong>Follow Montreal's Game 7 against Buffalo with Flashscore!</strong></p>