Hurricanes
Staal: It's clear that our start and our special teams were the difference
Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal spoke to the media following a 4-3 series opening loss to the Rangers
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Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal spoke to the media following a 4-3 series opening loss to the Rangers
Special teams. What do you need to do to be just better impulse facets you think? Yeah, it's clear our start and our special teams were the difference tonight and we've always talked about that all year long. Special teams is if you win that battle, you have a really good chance of winning and we didn't tonight. So, um both, uh both of them weren't good enough obviously and um pks got to be better at um And d better. Did you get an explanation on the switched penalty? I not, not necessarily, no. II I didn't really understand the, I mean, the original call I think was, was a trip, I think. And then they decided that they were gonna look at the head. So, um didn't really get much uh much on that one. Ended up with the two which I'm assuming there was a penalty on that play. So, um you know, obviously unfortunate, but we uh we gotta, we gotta obviously kill him. Did you feel like the push back? The first figure was adequate? Yeah. Um You can't, you can't spot them a couple of goals like that. Um Especially against that team. And, um, I thought we battled hard, um, got through our game and, um, you know, whether they were sitting back or we were getting, our game is a little bit of both, but we had a chance, uh, um, to get it. Um, but we're gonna learn, uh, learn from this one and, um, did some really good things and B five was there especially and, um, special teams gonna be better. Is there something specific? Well, obviously they, they've some great players, um, you know, I think, uh, our kill is obviously predicated on, on pressure and they gotta make, uh, three or four good passes to get a great a and they did, um, and it was pretty evident, um, they made some good plays. We'll, we'll adjust, we'll find ways to, to pressure maybe more at the right times and right opportunities and, um, and make sure we can do a better job in the game.