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Rod Brind’Amour, Warren Foegele and Andrei Svechnikov spoke to the media after a shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Hurricanes lost brutally in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night, giving up a tying goal with less than 30 seconds left in overtime and securing a potential overtime winner from restless Dougie Hamilton on an offside challenge. .
Rod Brind’Amour, Warren Foegele and Andrei Svechnikov spoke to the media after the loss, here’s a full rundown of everything they had to say:
On Svechnikov rewarded: it is a weight on his shoulders. Like I said, it doesn’t really affect the way I think about the way he plays. But for him, it’s a big burden. He puts a lot of pressure on himself.
On Svechnikov plays hard: He plays hard. He takes a lot of penalties because he’s just tenacious and he’s trying to get out. You see, he has a lot of batting offenses, where he’s on a second and a third effort. It is not a lack of effort. He’s still learning. He will learn from it about the offside. Take the extra second, make sure; it’s a 4 on 3, no reason to get excited and hit that goal right now. One thing at a time. I don’t think you’ll see him do that again. There is a lot of learning process going on for him. He’s still a young man.
On the end of the game: there is nothing not to like, except the result. It was a grind. And we knew that arriving is a mental job. You can’t open up, you can’t do things and yes we won the game. Unfortunately, things just didn’t work out. Crazy ending there, in overtime [hors-jeu], but there’s a lot of good in it. Obviously, the last piece is just a strange piece. Seth Jones is a good player, we know that, and he had a good shot to tie it. And then, again, every time something bad happened, we bounced back. In overtime I thought we were really good. We had a bunch of good looks. Their goalkeeper played very well.
On arbitration: you preach to the choir. It’s like that. It’s a rule, as you’re talking about – I don’t even understand the rule anyway. Why can’t the guy push his stick at her? What is the difference? But that’s the rule, but you don’t catch it live. I do not know. Our sport is too difficult to officiate live. You need a quick second look. It will come. It’ll be 20 years – I’ll be long gone when they figure that out. But umpires are so good at catching most things. I don’t know how they do it. We had a conversation about it today on the ice. I can watch it ten times before I know if it was right or not. They have to do it on the fly. It is too hard.
Scoring Bold Goals: This is how you score in this five-on-five league. Against these guys they have a big D, and you have to penetrate them. It was a good game on our part. I thought we were sticking to that. We could easily have been frustrated with the way the game was going. There wasn’t a lot of offensive action for some guys. We stuck to it and it didn’t. It was a weird game that way. I’ll take the effort and I’ll take 60 minutes. It was pretty solid.
On the fact that there is a skill for scoring greasy goals: Yes, of course, it is a skill. This skill is about reaching the net, finding a way to get your stick on the pucks, finding a way to get your throw out. There is a whole dynamic going on there. But the will factor is the most important. You have to be prepared to step in there and do some dirty work. We did it tonight. Like I said, it was one of those things. Weird ending of course, but let’s move on.
When exiting it: you forget it and go to the next game. In our eight-game winning streak, there were probably games we didn’t deserve to win and we won. Tonight we deserved better and that’s part of the game. Just keep working hard like we did. We fought hard tonight and let’s just focus on the next one.
To score bold goals: of course. You have to go to the net if you want to score goals. These two games only create chaos at the net and create a lot of pressure. It was good that I understood it.
How hard to get rid of a game like this: I think what’s good this year is that we play so often that we have tomorrow to practice and then you come back to the game. We don’t have that many days off. It’s the practice and the return to the game.
On if he was more satisfied with the effort: I thought we had played hard. We competed. We know what this series will be against them. It’s going to be tight and there won’t be much to give. You’re going to have to be serious and keep working hard, just take their chances off. I thought we played hard tonight, it’s a shame the results were.
On the atmosphere in the locker room after a defeat like this: it’s bad. We were so close. We were 2-1, then they scored. It was a bit of my pain in overtime; I left. I should be a little patient. It’s bad. We have to stay focused and try to focus on the next game.
The scoring is a relief for him: when you score, you become more confident. I’ve had so many chances in the last few games, but when you score but you lose the game, it’s pretty bad. We have to focus on the next game.
On offside: I didn’t know I was offside. I think I am too excited. It’s a 4 on 3, I should be a little patient, but it’s hockey, it happens. I feel bad.
Scoring a goal in front of the net: Sometimes you have to go to the net, crush that puck, create that chaos and try to look for a rebound or something and score those goals. Especially against this team.
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