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
legs skating
It comes with skating and having that flow. Once we get our legs going, we're going to get way more chances.
confident
I'm confident we'll make it. It doesn't look like it right now but we'll find a way.
game guys stuff
Guys have been around this game long enough to see that stuff happens,
owes stuff taught team three treat
It was a treat being around him for three years. Not only me but the team owes him a lot from all the stuff he taught us. He's going to go down as one of the all-time greats.
atmosphere bitter playoff
It was a playoff atmosphere right to the bitter end.
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.
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.
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.
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.
beat challenge game tight
When we challenge them and play a tight game and outwork them we beat them.