Matthew Barnaby
Matthew Barnaby
Matthew Barnabyis a Canadian retired professional ice hockey right winger. Barnaby played in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Rangers, Colorado Avalanche, Chicago Blackhawks and the Dallas Stars...
excuses good hockey start win
It's a good start for us tonight. We want to win hockey games. We're not going to make any excuses about the way we played. We're just going to try to play better.
gets loses rattled whether wins
He's very calm. He never gets rattled whether he wins 8-2 or loses 8-2.
anxious might next players team teams traded
It's an anxious time. Getting traded can be a life-altering experience. With a team in our situation, you know they want to make improvements for next year, and you know there's players that other teams might want.
settle
It's the way we settle things around here. There's nothing to read into it.
build hours settle side somebody trying woke wrong
It wasn't any one thing. When you're with somebody 20 hours in a 24-hour day, things build up. I probably woke up on the wrong side of the bed, and he was trying to settle me down.
awful horrible lines
It was awful all around, from our goaltender, from lines one through four, ... Everyone out there was horrible and unacceptable.
awful horrible lines
It was awful all around, from our goaltender, from lines one through four. Everyone out there was horrible and unacceptable.
confident definitely drive expect hurt mentioned trade worry
If you worry about it, you're going to drive yourself nuts. It can definitely hurt your play if you're mentioned in trade rumors, if you're a worrywart or if you're not a confident person. I try to tell everyone that you can't worry about it. A trade will come when you least expect it.
added behind confidence game gives giving goal increased key open points save
At key points in the game you know he's going to make that big save for you. That's what Dominik did. When you're behind a goal and you need to go get a goal, sometimes you have to open it up a bit. To have that confidence that you can open it up without giving up much just gives you an increased added confidence.
bet deadline five good rumors
I'll bet for a good five years there's been rumors at every deadline that I'm going to Ottawa.
expected expressed knew reason signed themselves upbeat
It's different times now, but they were upbeat and they positioned themselves very well for when CBA was signed. We knew they would be active. We expected them to do big things, and they expressed that to us. That was a big reason we signed here.
bunch came expect game giving penalties power strong teams took work
We came out pretty strong and the game was pretty even for the first period. Then we went and took a bunch of penalties and it killed us, ... We can't be giving teams that many opportunities on the power play and expect to be successful. It's something we'll need to work if we want to get better.
approach home whether
To me, it's the same whether we're at home or on the road, ... It's just one day at a time. We can't approach it any other way.
happened physically
With all the things that have happened over the years, we can't like each other. It's physically impossible.