Rick Nash
Rick Nash
Richard McLaren Nashis a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth16 June 1984
CityBrampton, Canada
difficult good lost people realize seem touch tough
It?s a tough job. People don?t realize how difficult that is. I was good at it when I was 12. I seem to have lost my touch a little bit.
stay
It's part of the game, it's an injury. I've got to stay positive.
dave fit goal good guy healthy hit jump king played player role star team third throw top tough using
They didn't throw me on one of the top lines, but they didn't keep me out as a healthy scratch, either. I think Dave King and Doug were using me well, and I think it was good development for me. I couldn't think of a better team to come to for a young guy than Columbus. You aren't just going to jump in and be a star player at 18. It's tough to be a star in the NHL. I just fit in and played my role on the third line, and just kind of hit and chipped in with a goal here or there when I could.
came feeling low lucky net shot
You don't see much net with Luongo and, lucky enough, I went for the low blocker shot and it went in. It would have been a pretty down feeling if they came back and won.
change nobody playing shake
It was frustrating. They wanted to shake things up and try different things to change it up a bit. Obviously, nobody was really playing with any chemistry.
finally hitting missing night
It was right around the corner: he was hitting posts, he was just missing nets. Finally they started going in for him tonight. That's a big night for him.
compliment nice win
It's a compliment for us to come back like that in someone else's arena, but it would have been nice to win the game.
along ice injury next start therapy week
They said everything was on track, that the injury was what we thought it was right along. I'll take a week off, relax, and when next week comes along I'll start therapy again. Hopefully, I'll be on the ice and back at it in two weeks.
best good knew
We knew we wouldn't have our best stuff. Fortunately we had a pretty good goaltender. If he's not an All-Star, I don't know who is.
came games half playoff second sure
If you look at our second half of the season, we came a long way. If we had 30 more games left, I'm sure we'd be right there to make a playoff spot.
wear
I didn't even wear it. I couldn't get it on. It was way too tight. I didn't bother.
chances finish goals guys job older pick pressure score seems
We just have to pick up our game, finish on our opportunities. It seems like a lot of the young guys are getting chances but not finishing. That's our job to finish and score goals and once we do that it'll take pressure off the older guys.
came lots maybe
We came back around. We really had lots of chances. Maybe we could have had more than five. But we did play strong.
build chemistry gain momentum next playing start trying
We're playing for something. We're trying to build a lot of momentum right now and gain some chemistry for the start of next season.