Archives for October 11, 2018

‘I thought that it might have been easier for Berglund to get used to his new teammates because there were so many players from Sweden in training camp. On the roster now are Rasmus Dahlin, Johan Larsson and Linus Ullmark. The 30-year-old Berglund says it’s not a big deal at all, “I think the Swedish part of it is, I mean it doesn’t matter if they’re Swedish or American or whatever, I’ve been over here a very long time, so I don’t feel like I feel more comfortable when there’s a lot of Swedes around. It doesn’t really matter for me, but what is good is to see that Sweden is producing a lot of good talent and it’s been nice to see.”’

‘”When we get through the neutral zone and we make good decisions where we want to make plays, obviously we have to make plays to score goals, but making that right play – maybe it’s not look pretty, but our momentum is moving forward and we’re playing north. It just seems we look a lot faster when we transition quickly and our defense has done a terrific job of moving that puck quickly. It’s getting snapped around, and you can see the benefits. We’re spending more time in the offensive zone and our [defense] is getting more involved in the offensive rush. We’re going to continue to focus on that.”‘

‘”I think we’re taking some good steps early on. We have a lot of young guys so they will take their bumps and bruises. It’s a hard league to play in. There’s a lot of teams that have the depth and the veteran guys that have played a lot of minutes. For some of the young guys, it’s kind of learning what you can and can’t get away with in this league. It’s a [high-checking] league, there’s not much time and space so I think the way we want to play is coming around. I think it just shows the commitment that these guys put into training camp to get into the system and develop that. I think it’s [all about] building from here.”‘