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You played 13 games and lost 6 of them since the end of the Winter Olympics. What is the current atmosphere on the team?
The mood is still good. I think we don´t have to worry about the playoffs. We focus on to be in the best position before its start – it means we should be over Chicago. The atmosphere isn´t negative. We would like to play solid in the following games. We don´t feel any pressure.
So you believe the team will play in the playoffs for sure?
I think it is for sure more or less. We will play 11 games and there is a big difference between us and 9th place. We all believe in the playoffs appearance. Now we focus to get home ice advantage for the first round.
Chicago Blackhawks will be likely your opponent. Have you talked about it yet in the locker room?
We will play against them on 90 %. In the last games with Chicago, our coaches were thinking about the tactic for our next mutual matchups in the playoffs. I would like to warn all fans that a hockey is different in the playoffs. It will be different in comparison with our mutual regular season games.
You lost previous three games and it happened only for the third time in the season. How would you evaluate them? What went wrong?
All of the games weren´t bad from our side. Boston didn´t overplay us much. The game was tied. When we talked about it with the coaches, we have agreed it was kind of playoffs game when you don´t have many goal scoring chances. It was about one-two goals. Maybe it was about a player who would stay in front of the opponent´s goalie, about dirty goals. Also we are missing three key players, but this isn´t excuse of course.
What is a difference between Roy and Sacco?
You can´t even compare them. It is like someone would ask what is a difference between Wartburg and Mercedes. (laugh) Big difference. Sacco had only one basic system that he asserted and he believed it had work. Roy can adapt and customize his system on every game. I have been always saying a good coach should know how to adapt his system on the players and not vice versa.
Do you talk about trade rumors in the locker room?
It isn´t right time now. Now, all trades have been done, the next movements will be after the season. They will rate all players, so the moves are actual during the draft.
Your contract will expire in one year. Haven´t be there some talks yet?
The same answer. It isn´t actual now. I don´t know if it will be actual in the summer or in the next season.
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You played 13 games and lost 6 of them since the end of the Winter Olympics. What is the current atmosphere on the team?
The mood is still good. I think we don´t have to worry about the playoffs. We focus on to be in the best position before its start – it means we should be over Chicago. The atmosphere isn´t negative. We would like to play solid in the following games. We don´t feel any pressure.
So you believe the team will play in the playoffs for sure?
I think it is for sure more or less. We will play 11 games and there is a big difference between us and 9th place. We all believe in the playoffs appearance. Now we focus to get home ice advantage for the first round.
Chicago Blackhawks will be likely your opponent. Have you talked about it yet in the locker room?
We will play against them on 90 %. In the last games with Chicago, our coaches were thinking about the tactic for our next mutual matchups in the playoffs. I would like to warn all fans that a hockey is different in the playoffs. It will be different in comparison with our mutual regular season games.
You lost previous three games and it happened only for the third time in the season. How would you evaluate them? What went wrong?
All of the games weren´t bad from our side. Boston didn´t overplay us much. The game was tied. When we talked about it with the coaches, we have agreed it was kind of playoffs game when you don´t have many goal scoring chances. It was about one-two goals. Maybe it was about a player who would stay in front of the opponent´s goalie, about dirty goals. Also we are missing three key players, but this isn´t excuse of course.
What is a difference between Roy and Sacco?
You can´t even compare them. It is like someone would ask what is a difference between Wartburg and Mercedes. (laugh) Big difference. Sacco had only one basic system that he asserted and he believed it had work. Roy can adapt and customize his system on every game. I have been always saying a good coach should know how to adapt his system on the players and not vice versa.
Do you talk about trade rumors in the locker room?
It isn´t right time now. Now, all trades have been done, the next movements will be after the season. They will rate all players, so the moves are actual during the draft.
Your contract will expire in one year. Haven´t be there some talks yet?
The same answer. It isn´t actual now. I don´t know if it will be actual in the summer or in the next season.
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