Markus Naslund
Markus Naslund
Markus Sten Näslundis a Swedish retired ice hockey player and former general manager for Modo Hockey of the Swedish Hockey League. He played in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers, as well as in the Elitserien with Modo Hockey. Nicknamed "Nazzy" by Canucks fans and "Macke" or "Mackan" in his native Sweden, he was known for his offensive skills, particularly his wrist shot and stickhandling...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth30 July 1973
against came early few good gotten mirror preparing ready start time
We came out flat. We've gotten away with a few (awful starts) against lesser-skilled teams, but I think it's time for us to take a good look in the mirror now and start preparing to find a way to be ready early in games.
came caught flying focus individual teams trademark
I don't have the answers. It has to do with individual focus that we're not ready. It used to be our trademark that we always came out flying and caught a lot of teams by surprise, and we haven't had it this year.
came flat period
I don't think we've had a period like that, probably ever. We got some bounces and they came out flat and it was a combination of all of that.
create finishing maybe move passes passing starting
We were maybe passing a little too much and not finishing the plays, but we're starting to move around and get the passes through and create stuff.
coaches happens shake trying
That's what happens when things are not going the way you're hoping. The coaches are trying to shake things up to get us going.
bottom difference finish line year
It does make a difference to finish off with a win. It's been a disappointing year for us. I don't think it was just one thing that went wrong, but the bottom line is a lot of us didn't play up to our potential.
looked shoot shot
Yeah, I looked at the shot clock. We have to shoot way more.
beat challenge game tight
When we challenge them and play a tight game and outwork them we beat them.
mistake seems
We're fragile. It seems every mistake we make is in the net.
gives
With those two out, it gives you a pretty different look.
game guys stuff
Guys have been around this game long enough to see that stuff happens,
effort good needed penalties power repeating took
I feel like I'm repeating myself. I think we were undisciplined, we took too many penalties and I think our power play wasn't as good as we needed it. The effort was there at times, just not at the right times.
desperate fresh start team
We got a fresh start here tonight. We're a desperate team and we need the wins.
doubt initiate
We didn't initiate anything. There was no doubt they were outworking us.