Ryan Smyth
Ryan Smyth
Ryan Alexander Gordon Smythis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey winger who played most of his career for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. He was especially known for playing in the style of a power forward. Smyth announced his retirement on April 11, 2014, after 19 seasons in the NHL...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth21 February 1976
CityBanff, Canada
If that's what it takes, so be it.
behind close coming games played playing
He's coming close to playing 600 games in the NHL and those are things that you have to be able to put behind you. He did that and I thought he played really well in Game 2.
against hate love
You hate to play against him, but you love to have him on your team,
contribute later
You feel like you can contribute and be a part. But it's better now than later on in the season.
deeper dig dug dwell games hole ourselves
You can't dwell on it now. We've got two games left. We just dug ourselves a deeper hole and we've got to dig out of it.
hates healthy injured player scratch sitting watching whether
Every player hates sitting out and watching whether they're injured or a healthy scratch especially when things are not going so smooth,
assertive came good mistakes playoff start
Mistakes. I thought we were really assertive at the start of the game. We came out strong. We did everything but score. Kipper made some good saves. Then we started making mistakes. This is playoff hockey. You can't have that right now.
everybody head looked next second shaking taken
One second it looked like he was going to get his head taken off, the next everybody is shaking their head.
forward great lose obviously result
Obviously when you lose it's not a great feeling. That's why it's a seven-game series. The end result wasn't what we wanted but we've got to look forward to Sunday.
canadian edmonton field huge players playing question signings types
There's no question with these types of players and these types of signings is huge for the Canadian market. And we feel in Edmonton that it's an even playing field now.
energy felt flying playoff towels
The towels were flying around and it felt like a playoff game. There really was new energy and new excitement.
cherished moment playing
I've cherished every moment of playing for my country, but there's been one thing missing.
ashamed
It was an embarrassment and we should be ashamed of ourselves,
asked fortunate longest playing pride sick year
Don't get me wrong. I've been fortunate to be asked so many times. I want not to be asked this year because I'm still playing in the playoffs. I take pride in making the playoffs. I've been around the longest and I'm sick of going to the world championships.