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Slavin: 'It's going to be great coming back to PNC Arena'
Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin addresses the media in Raleigh in the off day before Game 5 versus the Bruins.
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Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin addresses the media in Raleigh in the off day before Game 5 versus the Bruins.
help you guys get the momentum back in this series. Yeah, it's it's gonna be great coming back to P. And C. Um and then our fan base is unbelievable. And so uh get the momentum for that or from that. And then also, I mean I think the biggest lesson is just stay out of the box. That's the biggest last time I got to take and five on five hockey and we can we can beat them five on five. But we just gotta make sure our special teams is good but only killed uh solid and make sure that people is better with the That's that's their big line had in Boston and obviously some of that was on the power play but at five to have matchups ended up mattering a little more in this series that maybe you thought coming in, especially at some key moments, I think at any point when you got, when you get the home rice and you get the matchups you want, you're gonna have a little bit of that advantage. I mean at the end of the day there's some of the top players in the world. So um you give them ozone draws or whatever it is opportunities, they're I mean they're great players and so they're gonna make plays um Yeah, I mean in some ways matchups matter, but I think at the end of the day we got a we got a solid team top to bottom. And so um as long as we don't have missed assignments on face offs or whatever it may be, we'll be fine. There are times things get away from it mr or anything, anything you can do to say to them or can you sense them about ready to reach? Yeah, I mean it's an emotional game and it's the playoffs, everyone's a little bit emotional. Some guys were on their sleeves pretty hard. Some guys don't, I mean everyone, everyone has those emotions to get the game though. And so um yeah, I mean you, you try to talk to them, talk to them down um and just make sure he keeps his head. I mean, you're just the opposite rarely show you. Yeah, I'm emotional, trust me, just don't worry. We know dispatch, Dispatch said yesterday like he kind of laughed afterwards, We'll be fine. Is that kind of what the mood is? I mean, what, what, how would you assess the mood right now? We're too too, it's best of three series now and so we gotta win to um that's the that's the bulk of it. But at the same time, I mean, we know the team and the caliber of team that we are and so as long as we can stay disciplined and stay stay true to ourselves. Well, I think we'll be fine. Okay. No, no, no. If I was just gonna, I was gonna say we know the team, we're capable of being and we know the success that we can have when we play the way that our, our systems and the way that Rodney's coaches all year. So it's up for success and so right, yes, But does how good you've been at five on five make it more frustrating. You haven't been able to kind of convert that into more wins in the series, like you guys. Yeah, against them. Yeah, exactly. I mean, I think, I mean, I think Grant said it well the other night, I mean when you start taking penalties and penalties or power plays, it just kind of messes up the flow um for everybody. And so yeah, five on five is where is our bread and butter And that's what we want to do with this being a three game series now. What what experiences can you guys take from from this season as a whole to to know that this is going to be a doctor forward to maybe give you guys the edge that you need. Yeah, I mean night in the night I was going to be a dogfight. Whether it's it's game 42 in the year or whether it's the fifth game of of a first round playoff series. I mean we we know, like I said, the team we're capable of being and so we got guys that that grind and the guys that battle and and that's that's our that's our our mantra kind of is a hardworking team and so we're ready for it and we'll take it one shift at a time tomorrow night