INSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM: Jeff Blashill, Wyatt Kaiser & Nick Foligno REACT to 5-1 Loss vs Florida

0:00This season, what was happening tonight that some neighbor doing or what you guys weren't doing at the third period just kind of Swung away. Yeah, it wasn't good enough third period for sure, and you know, there's been times we find really good thirds. We just You know, we probably weren't generating enough offense throughout the game We didn't have a lot of punch certainly the Dickinson line was the best line probably by a lot You know, but they Other than that, we just weren't generating a ton. We even proud, but we did you know, I thought we still did a good job checking There wasn't much going on. I think the great days after two periods for us was two for us and one for them So not much that happened in the game And that's just the way these games are. I mean, this is how you know, this how it's gonna be if we want to be a good team You're in a lot of these games and you gotta go on and stay with it, and you know, I think we Make a little bit of them you know, self-inflicted air goes and are not and it's too one we're fine And I just didn't like the way we played after that and we played good enough and we gave up

1:04You know, again kind of not a lot, but just goals that are available What would you like to see to get the dark going a little bit more and out it's been a bit more games since he's come back? Yeah, I mean, I think you know be the first to you You know since he's been back I think there's been moments where he's going good and Moments where he hasn't and you know, I think that's the oven flow of Reality at times in the year. That's what happens with guys sometimes and you're on a long time man And and you know, it's hard to get your Mojo back sometimes and he's just working as a mojo back and you know, we've kind of played the lines. Maybe that's hurt him Not having consistency there You know, sometimes you're trying to help Spark guys and you end up hurting them by making too many changes, so but you know again, he's He can't fault the work ethic you can't fault the care just hasn't but you know, it just hasn't Gone the way that it had prior to him getting hurt

2:05You have him to shuffle line Probably probably over-searching Trying to find the right combination and You know, again, I think sometimes you do that it hurt your team So something to look at and kind of decide okay, what are we going to just do with that Seems like the power plays in a little bit of a fun grant. I was there anything specifically that Isn't working well. I don't think your breakouts have been very good Probably your breakouts and retrievals haven't been good. No certainly the breakouts for sure I mean our percent has been real low You know the prior I think five games I don't think it was a ten-year segment We actually scored a lot now that was like both units were scoring and So we're gonna have to get back to you know better balance on the pp We're gonna probably tweak it with some players or something like that Also, we've got to bring the puck in better you know when we're loose puck recovery And that's that little team with the left-shaftness

3:06It seems like it times we're just some of those simple plays where he's Trying to pass it too hard Well, that one wasn't too hard, but there's you know certainly that that you know There's moments where you know he passes a great and You know moments where we miss you know, he probably yeah, sometimes I think when he's got a lot of time He's just got to he's got to keep that focus in on I mean, you know, it's almost like when you're under pressure You're forced to be laser-in and sometimes when he's got time maybe We're just gonna make sure that focus is just a laser-in So you know, and it's a ultimately the box still came in and we lost about on the wall Like we had an opportunity wasn't like a big bang bang, but yes, you know, that's what I'm talking about I mean, so you know, you make the one mistake You have the puck your stick it's a five-per-fiber pass, we can't take the tape and you have a sacred stake You lose about on the wall, you know, some of those are two big mistakes Bertuzzi Dickinson and McKay have seemed to gel pretty well. They're doing great. Yeah, they've been really good Played together. I think they're on the same page. They all play the same way

4:07And they they played the fastest of all our team in the ozone You know, I've talked to a predictability in those only they did that, you know They were they were faster than they their puck speed was great They knew where each other were and they did a really good job of that so You know, it's been that that's aligned. That was definitely bright spot for us tonight Just little details were missing. Maybe if that's come back in the diesel and maybe supporting a little bit It's kind of like deep to support through the neutral zone just trying to get a little clean I just think a lot of little things added up And if it really against us What do you see on the on the golden and I keep them in the way out there? Yeah, I mean, I was just trying to keep it quite kind of close tight gap. The blue one knows the exits and I just hopped out through it down Kind of got it on my forehand. So I like I cheats the wall a little bit So slip middle and then just making you open up. So just threw it over there quick

5:08and happened click When things are kind of going wrong in that third period I guess what's the best way you guys can kind of regain confidence in game Honestly, I think when something goes wrong It's still like understanding we have to keep making plays you keep playing our game It's I think it's sometimes the mindset of like Hey like we made a mistake. We have to immediately just like simplify. I mean, there's a fine line between it being very simple And also having plays with the puck clean breakouts Making plays through the neutral zone when it dumps And so I think it's just finding that balance to be honest but still having confidence in our game that something goes on Yeah, yeah, which is Disappointing because I think our thirds have actually been overfared and especially against the team That's just played a tough schedule. I think I'm in real late You know all the excuses. It's just got to get that job That's the hard part of it. Tonight was one of those ones where you feel like you beat yourself Just the goals that we gave up were just great The way we normally know how to play and

6:09Not really as in the cases for a while here. So it's uh, it's disappointing Because it's time to hear if that's just go to the algae of trying to win because you've got to grind it out You have to be in there more detail than the other team. You have to be willing to do the hard things We just want to do that Yeah, I mean that's a huge goal right here to a lot of times it's a momentum goal and to come back and the next one It kind of not really have the answer that we were supposed to support you but I think that's what's things because it's just a game where it really is Who's going to stick to it more and they obviously did Generally for the specifically did to get you guys off or was it also well They're just they're really confident in who they are. They're really confident in the way they play So they just know that over time battle of attrition They're just going to break you down or get those opportunities, right? And I think it's a good lesson for us to just take away from this game of how you have to stay with it Championship teams do it You know that's that's probably the biggest takeaway for us is like that's why we talk about the things we talk about The details of our system the way we need to play they do they don't really bring what they do

7:14And there are still opportunities to win that game especially against the team that you know It's a little tired but they find ways to win because they trust their system and then each other and they get the job done and that's just where we cannot You know, lost ourselves a little bit Yeah, and I think just our play right it's just the way we need to be a little more predictable You know when he was out and that's what our bread and butter was so to speak right we were just a little more lunch Vale and You know, he's gonna find his way throughout that But I think we haven't been as predictable Makes it tough he's a guy that's keyed on a lot of the games and So he's trying to find his way through but we can help as a team by being a little bit more predictable like I said and I think it just gets a flow of the game more lines over and over now We're confident. We're we're having a momentum and then Connor gets to do his thing So, you know, we need we need everyone to be a little bit better This is the time of year where you you can entrench yourself into that playoff push and we don't want to let these games slip away Do you think fighting confidence in mid game like that when things are going that way

8:16It's kind of something very young team like this. It's important I mean, I think it's it's the learning curve for us as a young team about understanding You know how to build your confidence right and who we are We I think we all really enjoy the system that we have in place and how it allows us to play and it's a fun game Right and so I think we just need to understand that stick with a little bit more sometimes You know, he has a young player and he doesn't leave us as older players You just get a little bored with it because you're it's not breaking. It's not happening You don't trust that it's going to have it and I think that's just because we don't have an experience where it came like Florida They they have that they have the results to back it up and you know We need to trust this process a little bit more and realize that it's it's going to help succeed and it has and that's just you know The stubbornness is as youth and it's like telling your kids over and over right so But I think you know for us it's a good lesson going into a tough little road trip Luckily, if the mom's trip coming up so it's going to be our best behavior