Mike Ryn
Mike Ryn
close downfall games record road run starting win
We're starting to run out of games. We have to win some here to close that gap, get our road record up. That's been our downfall all year.
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.
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.
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.
people totally
We're not totally out of it. This is just going to make it a lot harder. That's why people are disappointed.
against beat brought definitely focus good guys last lose needed rub teams weaker
We definitely needed some more leadership. We beat a lot of good teams last year. And then we'd lose against some of the weaker ones. I think that was because of focus a lot of times. The guys we've brought in, they're very intense. That's going to rub off.
beat game gave good happened period playing road
We beat ourselves. We gave them what they got. We were playing a good road game in the first period and just got away from it. That's happened a lot this year.
definitely grab help rules stick stop tons tough
He's got tons of patience, and the new rules definitely help him out. He was tough to stop before, when you put a stick on him and grab him.
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.
definitely plays watch
He makes a lot of plays for them, so you definitely have to watch where he is.
goals power reason score
We've got to score some goals on the power play. That's part of the reason we were winning; we were getting a goal here and a goal there.
forward guess next nice note olympic picked positive season september stuff team year
I guess it's a positive note but it's still disappointing. We thought we were going to have a better season this year and it's nice to see we picked it up after the Olympic break. I think we're a much better team now than we were in September so we've got stuff to look forward to for next season.
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.
blew games lead miss playoffs point pull stop trying
We had the lead and we blew it. We're trying to make the playoffs and every point counts. If you miss it by one, you'll probably look back at this game, look at all the games we blew, and we've got to stop doing that. We've got to pull them out.