Gabe Landeskog joins the NHL on TNT panel

Gabe Landeskog joins the NHL on TNT panel

OUT WEST. >> ALL RIGHT. I’LL GET YOUR ANSWER AND YOUR ANSWER IN JUST A SECOND. BUT FIRST WE GOT OUR GUEST HERE. GABE LANDESKOG JOINS US AND ASSIST A FIGHT BACK ON WITH US. IT’S GREAT TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN. DOES IT FEEL LIKE YOU’RE ALL THE WAY BACK? I KNOW YOU HAD A PRESEASON FIGHT, BUT I MEAN, COME ON. THIS IS REGULAR SEASON FIGHT FIRST SINCE MARCH 3RD, 2022. ARE YOU. DOES IT. DOES THIS MEAN YOU’RE ALL THE WAY BACK NOW? >> I DON’T KNOW. >> I DON’T REMEMBER IT. >> BEING THAT. >> HARD TO FIGHT. I THINK I CAN ATTEST TO THIS, BUT WHEN YOU FIGHT AT THE END OF A SHIFT, IT’S NOT PROBABLY THE SMARTEST THING TO DO. SO I WAS PRETTY TIRED. I NEEDED THE WHOLE FIVE MINUTES IN THE PENALTY BOX TO. >> REST UP. SO. >> BUT NONETHELESS, IF YOU’RE NOT SCORING, YOU GOT TO GET INVOLVED SOMEHOW AND GOT TO IMPACT THE GAME AND BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE. AND THAT’S WHAT I TRY TO DO. >> IT’S A I’M NOT QUITE SURE IF YOU’RE ALL THE WAY BACK, BECAUSE IF YOU WERE, YOU MIGHT HAVE FOUGHT LILLEBERG THERE AT THE END. I’M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS. WHAT WAS THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT? WHAT WERE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU GUYS WERE KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH? WELL. >> YEAH, HE WAS SPEAKING DANISH AND I STARTED IN ENGLISH, WASN’T QUITE SURE WHAT LANGUAGE WE WERE GOING. AND THEN I SWITCHED TO SWEDISH. SO IT WASN’T THE MOST PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION. AND WITH WHATEVER, 6 MINUTES OR 6 MINUTES TO GO IN A ONE GOAL GAME, IT JUST WASN’T THE TIME TO DO IT. SO. BUT NONETHELESS, I THOUGHT OVERALL TONIGHT I THOUGHT WE DID A GOOD JOB. MANAGE THE EMOTIONS THROUGHOUT. I THOUGHT THE PACE PICKED UP AS THE GAME WENT ON. A LITTLE SLOPPY AT TIMES HERE AND THERE, BUT OVERALL I THOUGHT WE DID A GOOD JOB AND GOT AWAY WITH THE TWO POINTS. >> I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS. FIRST ONE BEING HOW DO YOU FEEL BEING BACK IN ACTION? AND I KNOW THERE WAS AN EMOTIONAL RETURN LAST YEAR, BUT YOU JUST KIND OF SETTLING IN AND FEELING NORMAL AGAIN. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE YOUR OLD SELF AGAIN? >> NO, I FEEL LIKE I GOT LOTS OF WORK TO DO, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, I’M REALLY ENJOYING IT. I’M LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I DON’T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE MY GAME IS WHERE I WANT IT TO BE, BUT I THINK THAT’S MAYBE TO BE EXPECTED. KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE INTO THE GRIND OF THINGS NOW AND LAST YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS, THERE’S A LOT OF EMOTIONS AND ADRENALINE AND AND THE TEAM AND THE SYSTEMS. EVERYTHING IS CLICKING AND YOU JUST KIND OF PLUGGED IN. SO NOW IT’S MORE ABOUT KIND OF DISCOVERING YOUR GAME AGAIN ON A NIGHTLY BASIS WITH, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL AND ALL THE THINGS THAT COME WITH THE GRIND OF A SEASON. SO BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I WANT TO PLAY MY BEST GAME WHEN IT COMES TO APRIL, MAY AND JUNE. SO WE GOT TIME TO TO GET THERE AND TEAMMATES HAVE BEEN GREAT SUPPORTING ME. YOU KNOW, I HAVEN’T BEEN FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET YET, BUT BUT THEY’RE DOING A GREAT JOB OF OF KEEPING ME UPBEAT. AND I’M HONESTLY JUST LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF BEING BACK. SO SCORING OR NOT. >> WELL IT’S GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK. AND MY FOLLOW UP IS JUST LIKE, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS GROUP? I MEAN, YOU’VE WON A CUP BEFORE, HOW DOES IT SHAPE UP? HOW ARE YOU LIKING THE WAY THAT THE GROUP IS PLAYING? >> YOU KNOW WHAT? I LIKE OUR TEAM A LOT FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES IN OUR DEPTH AND OUR BACK END. THE GOALTENDING. AND I THINK HAVING SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY HUNGRY GROUP. I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY OF US, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A COUPLE, COUPLE OF GUYS LOST TOGETHER LAST YEAR. AND I THINK THAT FUELED US OVER THE OFF SEASON AND HUNGRY GROUP AND MOTIVATED COMING INTO THIS YEAR. AND WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, COLLECT SOME POINTS HERE FIRST MONTH AND A BIT WITHOUT REALLY PLAYING OUR BEST HOCKEY. AND I STILL THINK WE’RE DISCOVERING WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON A NIGHTLY BASIS. I THINK WE’VE WE’VE MAYBE WASTED A POINT OR TWO IN OVERTIME THAT, THAT WE’D LIKE TO PLAY BETTER IN. SO BUT OVERALL, LIKE I SAID, WE YOU WANT IT START WELL AND START AS STRONG AS YOU CAN, BUT PERFECT YOUR GAME AS YOU GO ALONG. AND I THINK THERE’S A LOT TO THAT, AS YOU GUYS KNOW. AND WE GOT TIME. >> GABE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. LISTEN, W

Colorado Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog joins Biz, Ace, Liam and Chelly on the NHL on TNT panel after a big win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.