Up Close and Personal with Matt Bradley

Here we go with my conversation with Matt Bradley. I hope you guys enjoy it... and I plan on putting the interview with Clark up tomorrow. Sorry for the delay but I wanted the fresh article to be up on the press for a few days. No word on when any future interviews will take place... but I'll keep you posted.

With that old business out of the way, here is my interview:


How did that feel scoring 10th round of the shootout, going out there, waking us all up? (KG)

It was a lot of fun, I was getting worried there for a while when Brash went over and John Erskine went over there, I turned to Bruce and I said I’m going, I didn’t even really give him a choice, it was a great experience for me personally, it was, I don’t get to shoot in many shootouts and for me to score the game winner was huge, but it was definitely a fond memory I have of last year, and hopefully OV and those guys never let it get that late in a shootout again so I don’t have to go out there and embarrass myself next time. (MB)

It wasn’t really embarrassing, you scored. (KG)

What are your goals for the team this year? (KG)

Last year we all talked about making the playoffs, but I think this year it will be more short term goals, like starting off the season well, last year we had a terrible start, and we really had to work to get back in the end and get into the playoffs. So I think if we have a solid start and kind of finish the way we did last year we’ll be in a good position. (MB)

Goals for yourself? (KG)

I just wanna, I’m gonna play my role on the team, obviously we have a lot of offensive guys , but I feel like I can contribute more offensively and still be a good defensive player, and add some physical play out there as well. (MB)

Any other comments about the season, excitement, obviously, very exciting to be getting out there. The excitement level is great, I was at the home finisher when you guys beat Carolina, are you looking to carry on that excitement level, that enthusiasm, that intensity? (KG)

Yeah, I mean, the fans last year made it super fun coming to the rink the past couple months there, and we wanna come out this year and have a great start, it feels like it’s been a long summer which has actually been shorter than the last couple because we actually made the playoffs but it feels longer and I think we’re all excited to get back on the ice and get back into it and hopefully build on what we started last year. (MB)

You shutting down the Philly fans this year, sending them back home to Philly? (KG)

Yeah for sure, that was a great series with them, they played well, they deserved to win, but that won’t happen again this year. (MB)