0:00

I know you guys have known for a little bit that you would

0:02

be making the playoffs, but what are kind of the motions coming into

0:04

a day like this and exit meetings knowing that it's not where you

0:06

want to be? Yeah,

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I mean it's that it's an empty feeling. This

0:12

is not where you where you want to be. This is not

0:14

where we want to be as a team either. So, like I

0:18

said, it's more like an empty feeling. All

0:23

in all, I mean, obviously the injuries played a

0:25

large part, but what other areas or elements do

0:27

you think that you'd like to see improvement on

0:29

into next year to have this be a one-off

0:31

and to hopefully make the playoffs next year? Yeah,

0:35

I think we had or

0:37

downs where we lost games, a little bit too

0:40

many games in a row. It's

0:42

hard to catch up with with

0:45

all that ground we lost. So, if we

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can be a little bit more consistent and don't

0:50

lose that many in a row, I think we

0:52

can put ourselves in a better position. You

0:55

yourself, a career year, where do

0:57

you think you continue to grow and

0:59

develop into next season? And how do you feel

1:01

this season in general went for you? Hopefully,

1:07

I still can

1:09

get better and go home, get

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stronger and faster and try

1:14

to still figure out ways to

1:17

create more chances and how to defend all this

1:19

stuff. But

1:22

yeah, right now it's just tough

1:26

with with Tommy Hernandez. Your

1:28

line with the career and Matt obviously took off a

1:30

second half of the season, getting a chance to play

1:33

with the career more on a line. There are certain

1:35

more things you appreciate the most about this game when

1:37

you get to be around him more and play with

1:39

him in that situation. Yeah,

1:42

for sure. I mean, you got to

1:44

be ready. But

1:47

when you see him every day, you just know how

1:49

hard he works, how strong

1:52

he is and how competitive

1:54

he really loves winning. And

1:58

I think that really shows when he wins. plays

2:00

as well. You're off season? I don't know, yes.

2:05

I haven't

2:10

really made a decision as to if

2:12

I might go play World Championship but

2:14

I feel like

2:17

I just need a couple of days to land on it and

2:19

feel how I'm feeling before. Are you going

2:21

in healthy? Yeah, I feel pretty good, yeah. Compared to the

2:23

last few, I'm just going to be different for you. Yeah.

2:27

The way you went, yeah. Yeah, hopefully. What

2:29

do you

2:31

thought of O'Grinn and the few games you saw

2:34

him play? I think he played

2:36

good. Coming

2:38

over, being used to playing on

2:40

a big rink is a little bit different. Come here, play on

2:42

a small room. But I feel he

2:44

really showed his fast. He

2:47

can shoot the puck real well and just how

2:50

strong he is as well. I mean, I

2:52

think he played really good. Just

2:54

your line in general with Kirill and Boldy,

2:56

what do you think worked so well? Because

2:59

you guys were one of the best lines

3:01

in the league. What was it that seemed

3:03

to mesh and work so well together? I

3:08

think balls and Kirill

3:10

are two of the top players in the league. For

3:14

me, just trying to support them and create

3:16

space. I think when

3:19

they are on their game,

3:22

I think they can compete

3:24

against anyone in this league for sure.