1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Thanks Mike Lane. A big two to one win over Carolina. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: Now back to back wins in very different ways. With 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: this being the final game before the trade deadline and 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:10,719 Speaker 1: all the names that have been swirling around, from a 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: cracking perspective, it's only human nature to let that try 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: and creep in a little bit. What can you do, 7 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: what can your staff do to get a lot of 8 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: as much of that noise out of the room here 9 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: tonight going into the deadline on Saturday or Friday. 10 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it's not easy, certainly, you know everyone, it's 11 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 2: a bit of a nervous time for people all across 12 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 2: the league getting trade It involves a lot more than 13 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: just going from one team to the other on the ice. 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 2: That's probably the easiest part of it. It's all the 15 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 2: other things, you know, off the ice and away from 16 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 2: the rank and the family and things like that, that 17 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 2: is a difficult part of it. So you know, there's always, 18 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,319 Speaker 2: I guess a little bit of trepidation with that from 19 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: the players, and you know, oneasiness, all we can do 20 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: is take it, you know, one day at a time, 21 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 2: and certainly you know we're asking our players tonight in 22 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 2: our last game before that deadline to come to the rink, 23 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 2: focus in for three hours, and you know, go home 24 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 2: and deal with it from there. 25 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: What did you feel about the performance in that game 26 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 1: against Carolina? Very very tight. You didn't get a whole lot, 27 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: but the opportunities that you did get you capitalized on. 28 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, we kind of knew that was the way it 29 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 2: was going to be against the Carolina team who haven't 30 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: changed their game in years and are very good at it. 31 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 2: So I thought our guys did a good job of 32 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 2: being committed. 33 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 3: I thought we did a really good job of, you know, 34 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 3: keeping them to the outside and they like to put 35 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 3: pucks into the goal area and then try and get 36 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 3: inside and win races on you. And I thought we 37 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 3: did a pretty good job of controlling that. The shots 38 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 3: were lopsided, We knew they probably would be. 39 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 2: That wasn't a surprise to us, you know, but the 40 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 2: scoring chances were pretty darn even so that was really 41 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 2: what was the most important thing to us, And we 42 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 2: knew that if we had an opportunity to score, which 43 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 2: we were going to get, we had to put it away. 44 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: You have to capitalize when you're playing that team like that, 45 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 2: you're going to get chances. They're high pressure. You know, 46 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 2: we had three or four out numbered rushes and we 47 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 2: have to put you know, have to put them away, 48 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 2: and we did. 49 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: Twice, cracking out hitting Carolina thirty one to thirteen in 50 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: that game. I know that your your game is very 51 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: physical and you expect guys to be physical, but is 52 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: that an aspect of your game that maybe feels a 53 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: bit underrated with this team. 54 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 2: Well, it was a little bit. You can sort of 55 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 2: gauge it. I mean, we you know, adding Malanson into 56 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 2: the line app A Lexiak was physical the other night 57 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: for sure, you know. And you have to also keep 58 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 2: in mind that they had the puck more than we did, 59 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 2: so we were we were the seekers, you know, and 60 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: so we were probably going to get more hits in them. 61 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: They don't hit a lot anyway. They play on pressure, 62 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 2: so the fact that we out hit them wasn't a 63 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 2: surprise to me. But you know, our physicality and the 64 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 2: way we play, we need that. We need that on 65 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 2: a check and we need that to create turnovers and 66 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 2: then we work our offenses on play. 67 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: From that last week's game in Saint Louis, I know, 68 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: left a bad taste in your mouth and the mouths 69 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: of most guys in that locker room. When you go 70 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: back and watch the film of that game, what do 71 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: you want to see done better here? This sevening against St. 72 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 2: Louis, we have to control their rush play. They were 73 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 2: really good and it wasn't that we were really bad. 74 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 2: They just made us look bad. They did a really 75 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 2: good job of jumping into the play. Their defense can 76 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 2: skate really well, and you know, we've got to do 77 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 2: a better job of being above them because they just 78 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 2: came at us in waves at times. It wasn't like 79 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 2: we didn't get our opportunities. We had plenty opportunities to score. 80 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 2: So if we can clean up that side of it, 81 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 2: we'll still get our opportunities. 82 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: In situations like this, where you see a team that 83 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: you just lost to recently, do you feel that maybe 84 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: gives the losing team in this case, yourself, the advantage 85 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: because you know what you have to do to improve on, 86 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: and if you're the winning team, it can be easy 87 00:03:58,120 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: to say, well, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. 88 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: And where do you feel that advantage may lie here tonight? 89 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 2: That's a great question. You know, it certainly does give 90 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: us an opportunity to make some improvements, but at the 91 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 2: end of the day, two teams are going out there, 92 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: and this is all about as you've heard me say 93 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 2: all year long, this is all about compete. So we 94 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 2: have to be very very competitive against this hockey team. 95 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: They're a good team.