Markus Naslund
Markus Naslund
Markus Sten Näslundis a Swedish retired ice hockey player and former general manager for Modo Hockey of the Swedish Hockey League. He played in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers, as well as in the Elitserien with Modo Hockey. Nicknamed "Nazzy" by Canucks fans and "Macke" or "Mackan" in his native Sweden, he was known for his offensive skills, particularly his wrist shot and stickhandling...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth30 July 1973
came caught flying focus individual teams trademark
I don't have the answers. It has to do with individual focus that we're not ready. It used to be our trademark that we always came out flying and caught a lot of teams by surprise, and we haven't had it this year.
desperate fresh start team
We got a fresh start here tonight. We're a desperate team and we need the wins.
owes stuff taught team three treat
It was a treat being around him for three years. Not only me but the team owes him a lot from all the stuff he taught us. He's going to go down as one of the all-time greats.
chances few goal good played quite team tight
It was a tight game. We played a good team and unfortunately they got that goal on the power-play. At the end we had quite a few chances to get one, but we just couldn't do it.
confidence doubt faster four lines lots obviously playing rolling team
They had all four lines rolling and they're obviously playing with lots of confidence right now. They were the faster team tonight, there's no doubt about it.
bad beat intensity penalties side took
Really bad intensity from our side and then we took penalties and we know we can t beat them if we do that.
doubt initiate
We didn't initiate anything. There was no doubt they were outworking us.
finish seemed simple tonight tried trying work
We didn't have the bounces tonight and it's as simple as that. It seemed like everything they tried went in and then we're trying to work our way back and we just couldn't finish it.
chance developed good gotten great
Every chance he's gotten to play he's been great for us. He's really developed into a good goaltender.
coaches happens shake trying
That's what happens when things are not going the way you're hoping. The coaches are trying to shake things up to get us going.
bottom difference finish line year
It does make a difference to finish off with a win. It's been a disappointing year for us. I don't think it was just one thing that went wrong, but the bottom line is a lot of us didn't play up to our potential.
create finishing maybe move passes passing starting
We were maybe passing a little too much and not finishing the plays, but we're starting to move around and get the passes through and create stuff.
against came early few good gotten mirror preparing ready start time
We came out flat. We've gotten away with a few (awful starts) against lesser-skilled teams, but I think it's time for us to take a good look in the mirror now and start preparing to find a way to be ready early in games.
came flat period
I don't think we've had a period like that, probably ever. We got some bounces and they came out flat and it was a combination of all of that.