0:00

Obviously Marco, probably not the situation you

0:02

guys want to be in. What

0:05

does that feel like to be here so

0:07

early without playoffs? To be

0:09

honest, it sucks. You don't want to

0:11

end the season now. You

0:14

want to make the playoffs and the

0:16

goal is always to win the

0:18

Stanley Cup. I think that's always the main goal. It's

0:21

a disappointing year, but I think it's also a

0:23

year we can learn a lot. I

0:26

think it just makes us hungry for next year. Just

0:29

for you personally, this was a full season. Only

0:31

you and Brock were the only two to play

0:34

full 82. What have you learned

0:36

from this full season? I

0:38

think it was important for me with everything

0:41

I had in my past to play a

0:43

full game. Like a full season, I played

0:45

every game. I think for me and my

0:47

experience-wise, coming into the next season will

0:50

be pretty good because I have more confidence.

0:52

I just know what's going to expect

0:54

me. I also have to work

0:56

in the summer. That's

0:59

a big thing for me to have

1:01

a good summer and then wait for next season. The

1:05

difference between last year and this year

1:07

was your confidence level? What do

1:09

you think you can attribute that to? I

1:12

would say I was the summer. I spent

1:14

the summer here at the good summer,

1:17

practice, and worked out really hard. You

1:20

just feel more comfortable around everyone,

1:22

about the trainers and players

1:24

and stuff like that. Coming into

1:26

the season, I had a goal. I

1:30

was pretty happy now how I was playing,

1:33

but there's always something where

1:35

I say I have to be better and want to

1:37

get better. In the summer, do you plan

1:39

on doing the same thing? Maybe

1:42

staying here and working out? Is

1:45

it a little different for you? No, it's different

1:47

now. I haven't been home for a long time

1:49

now. I haven't seen my family, my

1:52

friends, a lot of people from back home. I'm

1:55

planning to see them now and

1:57

then probably come in August. Looking

2:01

toward next year, I know it's

2:03

hard to see that far in the future, but

2:05

how excited does this team have you right now?

2:07

You've got some of these younger pieces now contributing.

2:10

Hopefully you'll be fully healthy with the

2:12

squad. What are you looking forward to next season? I

2:14

think it's nice for us to have all

2:16

the young guys now coming in and make

2:18

an impact. And also

2:20

our goal is to make the playoffs. That's

2:22

always number one. And I think

2:25

we're a good group, a special group, and we know how

2:27

good we can be. And

2:29

if we're healthy, if we play our game,

2:32

I think we can go a far way. Do

2:34

you think those will contribute to this being kind

2:36

of a one-off, a rarity for not making the

2:38

playoffs? And next year you guys can kind of get

2:40

back on that horse and continue that? I

2:42

mean, obviously it sucks maybe now that we didn't

2:45

make it, but I think maybe coming into the

2:47

next season at training camp we're going to be

2:49

okay. We don't want to be at the same

2:51

spot in April. And I think that

2:53

will be a huge part because we want to make

2:55

more. We want to do more. And I

2:57

think it's good for us players so we

2:59

know everyone has to just put one step

3:01

ahead and making more for

3:04

each other. And

3:06

I think if we do that, I think we

3:08

can go far. What

3:11

do you think of O'Gren you saw in the last couple of

3:13

games this season? Yeah, really good.

3:15

I mean, really impressive. I know him

3:18

from the death camp a couple of years ago, a

3:20

rookie camp. And so

3:23

he's a really good kid, first of all. Really nice.

3:25

It's always fun to be around him. And

3:28

he's a good skater. He can shoot the puck.

3:30

Very good shot. And he's

3:32

a really good kid too, so it's fun. He's

3:34

here. Back a few years ago

3:36

and you missed the full season, it's a real live

3:38

adversity there. What does it mean to be able

3:40

to play a full season in HL and be healthy and be able

3:43

to play that this whole game? Yeah,

3:45

I mean, it's really good. When

3:48

I missed that one year, it's not really easy to come

3:50

back and stuff. And that was

3:52

my goal before the season, to play every

3:54

game. And all the

3:56

two games is Pretty good for me

3:58

now. His dad.

4:01

Ah man. Yeah

4:03

I think counseling the next year were

4:06

issued for me just because has your

4:08

experience and know what gonna be expect

4:10

the more and some. So our. Events

4:14

and you're going home When you plants in Combat

4:16

Minnesota as it's gonna be. Closer to camp time

4:18

or what does it look like? Ah,

4:21

I don't know yet. Hundred percent I

4:23

go to war is now and then.

4:25

Also worth more than take some time

4:27

off them, basic training and and paranoia.

4:30

Talk to him on Wednesday. Perfect time

4:32

to come. There's

4:36

something in the Us. isn't that you really

4:38

want to try to work guns? Maybe in

4:40

Proves again for for next year? Yes and

4:42

Cameo on things I was getting faster stronger

4:45

that saw a sump one thing I wanna

4:47

be better and down and all my shooting.

4:49

ah my know I've scored twenty one goals

4:51

but damn I I think I should have

4:54

scored more. I'm at a lot of scoring

4:56

chances and so much as wanna get better

4:58

if d C no harm to score more

5:01

on Muslims. As a. Maybe

5:06

who has ceased?