“Sammy’s An Absolute Warrior” | Buffalo Sabres Forward Casey Mittelstadt On Mattias Samuelsson
You guys were able to grind it out and get a point how would you assess the group’s performance tonight yeah you know uh obviously I think uh it’s a crazy atmosphere and um it’s a tough building to play in and um yeah obviously would would have like
To get the extra point there but um you know I thought we played really well like I said it’s a tough building and you know a tough road scene so um thought we did a good job and you know obviously to be down the third and and
Get a point it’s huge really I mean you guys have the better play at five on five throughout that game what really made the difference that kind of forced them into mistakes and and be able to get the offense like you were yeah you know I thought we were pressuring pucks
All over which you know um that’s what we want to do and um Force some turnovers and make some plays and you I thought did a good job staying up and and keeping plays alive for the forwards and um yeah like I said it would have
Been obviously huge to get the the extra point there but um good to get a point on the road you mentioned that Casey I mean how do you balance that cuz I know you got guys want to start stringing wins together but to get a point but to
Also play the way that you guys did in that building I mean at least seems that you guys have a lot that you could build on you know going to the break here yeah yeah for sure I think our last two have been a lot better and you know uh I
Think for me personally I I got to pull one of those away uh for the team and um you know but like you said it’s definitely a balance and um you know to get a point on the road trailing going into the third is is big for us and um
You know I think we’ve got a little momentum here going into into the second half of the year and um we’re going to have to win a lot of games so um it’s definitely a start guys blocked almost 30 shots I mean what was it like just to
See some of those penalty kills and just sort of those moments that you know guys just stepped up yeah I think uh you know that’s those are some of the things that that go unnoticed and um some of the things that some of these guys in the
Room do for for the team that may not get the credit they deserve I think uh saw Sammy out there Crawling Back to the bench probably five times guy’s a warrior um absolute Warrior what a good teammate and um you know he’s just one
Of them but um first one to come to mind so uh it’s awesome to see I think uh fires the boys up on the bench and um you know another thing on top of that you look at EJ going out there and getting the boys going a little emotion
And um you know I thought maybe they had some momentum at that time and see things like that you know um obviously hasn’t been the the best but we’re a tight group in here and we’re going to stick together through the which Greenway um him being backed what sort
Of presence does he really add especially as work along the wall yeah yeah I mean I I love playing with Greener um you know he’s a horse I think uh we compliment each other well I’m not too much of a horse so um you know he
Wins a lot of battles and gives me the puck which I absolutely love so um I think he’s underrated too getting open finding soft areas and um definitely got better hands than he gets credit for so it’s been a blast and um you know on the
Flip side of things just having back in the room being funny and keeping it light is is huge the bench was super excited to see Jack score again what does it mean to have a guy like that back yeah it’s it’s another guy you know
He’s he’s been here with us and um he’s definitely a member of the crew here and uh fits in well brings such a good vibe I think uh of course we we miss his skill and miss his talent on the ice but you know just have him smiling and
Chuckling around the room um guy will pretty much laugh at anything so uh keeps the mood light and um awesome guy to have back thank you
Buffalo Sabres forward Casey Mittelstadt spoke with the media after the team’s overtime loss to the New York Rangers on December 24, 2023.
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