“Time To Get Ready For The Next One” | Don Granato After Win Over New York | Buffalo Sabres
Very similar start Detroit games don’t get a goal in the first period could have been easy for your guys to be a little frustrated what does it say they come out second period play exactly the same waywards yeah the it was a big goal uh the first one’s obviously always a big
Goal but but it was a big goal by Victor and our second power play unit uh petka Skinner and and Vic what one heck of a goal and it’s nice to see those guys um you know play such an integral part because they worked and worked and
Worked and and um yeah it was uh you know you’re you’re teetering on a little bit of frustration we were trying to keep the guys from getting frustrated because they were playing the right way and and and really hit the repeat button on it and you know that’s a very
Experienced poised hockey team over there and they’re not uh they’re not going to be and they weren’t rattled um by by the first period by any means so um you know you’ve got to stay on it and I give our guys a lot of credit for doing that
Play that hard even though you don’t score can you start start tiring out the other team because you’re constantly on them and constant do can you start tiring them out absolutely yeah absolutely there’s a lot of wear and tear that’s a big part of the
Game kind of game not a high stress game for AAL gets another shut out confidence is there in him he has confidence in his guys just how amazing you to watch this this kind of evolution for a kid now second leag well it’s enjoyable to watch because it’s been a build it’s something
We’ve been tactically building for is is you know we we took two young goalies in this organization Levi and and Opie and we’ve made a commitment to two young goalies to develop them at the NHL level and it’s teams you know that’s not a
Common thing to to do so um it’s a good feeling when you see them progress the way they did and obviously you know our our attention to I turned our attention to um cleaning up things defensively early in the year and working to improve and we’re still doing that I mean we
Still we still can get better in those areas that they’re very very important but to see progress is in both of those areas is is certainly um nice and rewarding and uh it’s it makes you want more you want to become even better in those areas and and we
Do rewarded with the type of goal we used to in scoring yeah as mentioned it was really nice to see Victor and and that was an elite goal um you know against the goendale obviously to that point denied several scoring chances um but Victor’s
Put the work in and and for him to stay ready for opportunity as I mentioned the other day he’s stayed ready for opportunity even though he’s been denied opportunity he hasn’t had opportunity and um you know I have I have complete confidence in him because I watched him
Prepare and prepare prep and prepare so when you see him score a goal like that and and it’s such a big goal for our team uh you can’t be nothing but happy for the guy knowing the work that he put in to get a couple of goals after a
Couple of hard luck penalties there in that game uh yeah it it uh I’ll say yeah to the goals I’ll stay away from the other one uh checking accounts a little lighter but uh no I’m kid I’m kidding but uh but he’s worked um he’s worked
Really hard and he’s he has so many details to the to his game so yes when he when he scores uh um you know he’s puts himself in the right spots and now that confidence is is moving toward the scoring side he’s had confidence just playing but I think now he’s gaining
More confidence in scoring and that’s a big that’s a big thing the opportunity to stand up for his teammates tonight I know he had the connections coming in here um but sometimes this time of year things can feel rushed because you’re just chasing that postseason birth but
How does that feel to just see the assimilation continue so quickly while you guys are working so hard you know I thought him and Dolls uh this have they’ve played three games together now um four I think it is and and this this was probably their fourth best game of
Those four uh and it was still very very good um so you can see that they’re integrating very well um and uh yeah it’s it’s nice having him and it’s nice having him and Dolls as a as a pair the team has responded basically since the deadline you know where that
Was kind of a turning point where it could go either way with a young team how they’ve respond and it’s been about as good as you can imagine yeah I think I’ll answer that one after we keep responding I think that’s the big thing you know we we’ve I
Like it um we just have to keep responding um you know so it’s on to the next game and um you know hit the hit the reset button and hopefully the repeat button and but to this point Point yes I think the Energy’s really good energy excitement um again as
Mentioned you know when you when guys depart you’re missing your friendships of it but there’s more ice time and more situation time um more vacancies obviously and and guys are excited to step up Victor being case in point complely against points out what’s it like now you just go out play games and
You’re in this yeah I don’t know if the math was ever against us I think there were other things against us but the math is always they play 82 games and teams lose games every night and teams win win games every night you just got
To stay you got to stay in the moment and stay focused and we have to do that we have to do that uh you know um so it’s it’s on to our next game and get ready for that one can but as you saw it were you Prett
Confident that you keep that goal like there was a lot yeah looked you know you watch so many of these things um throughout the league that one looked pretty simple from our standpoint but maybe I’m missing something they saw to see the PK causing other teams
Power to get nervous you know it’s it’s uh it’s nice because it’s been a work in progress obviously uh for the last couple Seasons Greenway is is is really a a big leader for us back there um but Owen power is is really risen in that
Role as well and Clifton’s come along so you know there’s been Lots progress uh by individuals and then the collective and and they’re out there with and Dill cousins is another one you know U the confidence these guys have now in their reads their situational awareness um is is they’ve gained so
Much in in a short time here that um it’s very nice to watch that uh to see them and you’re on the bench with them to to see them attack that with confidence which is something they they um you know uh didn’t always have what you guys learned this year about
Momentum what’s key to taking everything that you’ve done this week and bringing it on the road for a significant stretch you know I thought you know we talked a lot earlier in the year about generating our own urgency not the situation gen it generating it and we’ve got to continue
That you know it’s every day is urgent and um you know we we have to I just said hit hit the repeat button reset um and and repeat and um you know it’s whatever 36 hours to your next game or or whatever it is and get ready for that next one
Buffalo Sabres head coach Don Granato speaks to media after a 4-0 win over the New York Islanders. Granato discusses the strong start, similar to the Red Wings game on Tuesday night, and the late season push the team can make. Granato also discusses Ukko Pekka Luukkonen’s fifth shutout of the season and the strong play of other players.
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