Mike Ryn
Mike Ryn
early guys learned learning playing team year
We're a much better team than we were early on. That's from guys playing together, learning the system. We've learned a lot this year from our coaches.
challenge definitely
It's definitely going to be a challenge for us.
few knew seen
They don't quit. I've seen them do that a few times. We knew they weren't going to give up.
barely games guys understand until
Look around and a lot of guys have barely had 200 games in the NHL. They haven't been around that long. As a defenseman you don't really understand the game until you're up around 300.
door phenomenal shut won
He made a lot of phenomenal saves. We had some opportunities to put some in and he shut the door on us. He won them that game.
bury chances everybody hockey playing playoff scoring time year
It's getting to that time of year where it's playoff hockey and everybody is playing a lot tighter now. I really don't think you're going to see a lot of chances from here on out. Any time you get a scoring chance you've got to bury it.
convert felt french fun game hopefully knew national people soccer
I never knew there were so many French people in Florida. It was fun, to tell you the truth. I felt like I was at a soccer game or something with two national anthems. Hopefully we can convert some of their fans.
answer calls donations figured gracious people
It's just a way to help, ... I didn't know what I could do, so I figured I would come down and answer calls and take these donations that people are gracious to give.
confident gets great happiness happy key
Everybody's going to be happy for him. Being a key player, I think it would be great for him if he gets more confidence. He's already a confident player.
doubt draining jet mentally playing tough
I think everyone's going to find it tough. It's a mentally draining tournament. They've been playing a lot and with jet lag, it's going to be tough for them, no doubt about it.
chances early few playing running trying
Early on we were playing them the way we wanted to play them. Then we get down a few and we're running and gunning trying to get chances back. That's what they want you to do.
affect games left ourselves sorry
We can't let this affect us negatively. There's too many games left for us to feel sorry for ourselves now.
pull
We all thought we were going to pull this one out.
blew game games lead learn miss playoffs point pull trying
We had a lead in that game and we blew it. We have to learn to pull those games out. ... We're trying to make the playoffs and every point counts. If you miss it by one point, you probably look back at this game.