Ryan Smyth
Ryan Smyth
Ryan Alexander Gordon Smythis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey winger who played most of his career for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. He was especially known for playing in the style of a power forward. Smyth announced his retirement on April 11, 2014, after 19 seasons in the NHL...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth21 February 1976
CityBanff, Canada
definitely ice less opens
It definitely opens up the ice a bit. It's definitely less congested out there.
against bury particular special talked teams
Stats don't lie. Special teams are huge. We've talked about that all year. In particular against Vancouver, we've been successful. If you get a chance, you want to bury it.
against both change controls detroit huge neutral past sure team zone
I think we can play both styles. We've done it in the past and it's not a huge change for us. Going up against a team like Detroit that controls the neutral zone really well, we just have to make sure we're deflecting it to the outside.
That was so important to get off on the right foot.
along faith full good
I thought all along he's done a pretty good job. I have full faith in him.
chris difference gone grabbing hold indication noticed power richard team
If that was an indication the clutching and grabbing is going to be gone now. I really noticed it on the power plays. You know that crosscheck on the back? I didn't feel it. That'll really make a difference with Derian Hatcher, Richard Matvichuk, Chris Prong ... hold it. He's on our team now.
If that's what it takes, so be it.
deep puck turned
I take the onus on that one. I didn't get the puck in deep enough, turned it over and then it was in our net.
behind close coming games played playing
He's coming close to playing 600 games in the NHL and those are things that you have to be able to put behind you. He did that and I thought he played really well in Game 2.
corner front grabbed hit midway
He grabbed it midway from the corner on out and gloved it down in front of him and hit it in. That's what I was saying.
front knocked looked strides three took
He gloved it, put it down in front of him and knocked it in. It looked like he took two or three strides with it.
country great pride
We know we're representing our country and there's great pride here. We're doing our best.
close good hockey intensity match team
We know we have a good hockey team in here. We have to match their intensity and close it out.
build effective level matter
We know how effective they are on the road. This is a different level now and it's a matter of maintaining focus. That's something we have to build on at home.