Adam Fantilli thought the Blue Jackets came out well but they got away from the little things that were making them successful and Edmonton capitalized on it.
He spoke about playing against Connor McDavid, playing a complete game and Edmonton’s long winning streak.
Ad you guys seem to be playing the game you wanted to be playing for the first two periods you agree where you came out tonight yeah I thought we had a great start and for the first two periods where we were really carrying the play I
Thought how much of that was part of the message that Pascal gave you guys today which was to attack and and have respect for yourselves as well as the other team yeah we’re we’re a team that that can really disrupt uh the flow of a game and
With our with our speed and stuff like that so I thought that was kind of our our plan was to come out and play fast and and kind of be dis disruptful and and uh I thought it was going our way and then we kind of got away from it at
The end there did you get away from it or did they push obviously they’re they’re a great team they’re going to push but I thought we started getting away from the the little things that I thought were helping us be dynamic and helping us create those chances and they
Capitalize on their opportunities you guys had such a dominant second period kind of discouraging you didn’t go into the nission with the lead yeah I thought we created a ton like we were getting our quality shots quality chances credit to their goalie he played well tonight um couple of
Shots he didn’t see he made he made saves on which was which was obviously big um yeah it’s definitely disappointing that we didn’t capitalize on those but I thought we played well is that is that speaking of that second is that something you guys can kind of build on
Going forward yeah I mean we’ve had a lot of those throughout the year where there’s uh there’s certain situations that we try and build on and certain situations that we try and fix and and that’s part of the process with the to spot our teams in we’re trying to get to
To where we where we want to be and ultimately be a be a winning team so just trying to build off those small little things that we think are are going to help us be a winning team and try and negate those small things that
We think aren’t is that uh I mean for you personally and also a number of the other younger guys in here is that one of the the biggest lessons I guess for this season is just how maybe difficult it is at the NHL level to to put a
Complete game together you know and and and and finish things off yeah uh it’s it’s really hard I mean it’s but that’s why we’re here like we’re all NHL players at this point we’re all um here to be able to play the complete game so it’s not really an excuse that we’re
Young or or immature or anything that way so I think it’s it’s why we’re here we have to be able to make it a complete game and and play for 16 minutes 40 minutes just isn’t going to win you hockey games is there any talk or was
How much talk was there of of ending their streak coming into this game yeah we uh We’ve run into a lot of teams that have been on streaks uh with LA Seattle Vancouver and uh we’ve played pretty well against all those teams and I thought we were going to be able to pull
It out tonight it didn’t go our way but um I thought we’ve been able to play well against teams that are on those types of rols this is your first time against McDavid right yeah what was that like out there really cool it was really cool uh um obviously he’s an amazing
Player what he’s done is really really impressive um but trying to win a hockey game you’re more focused on the game and not really who was on the ice but definitely seeing him on the other end was pretty cool does it put an extra
Step in your you know pep in your step I guess a little bit when you see those guys zooming around out there yeah it’s cool I mean playing against the best guys in the world you want to prove that you’re that you’re here for a reason and
And and play the best of your ability um but that building is really really cool their fans are great so they kind of got us moving pretty early and and made us have a lot of fun do
