Interview: Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPLAY A GOOD SOLID 60 MINUTES AND, AND TRY TO GET AT IT RIGHT AWAY. WELL, AS I SAID, THE REAL STRENGTH OF THIS TEAM IS KEEPING THE PUCK OUT OF THEIR OWN NET. OUR IAN STEELE WENT ONE ON ONE WITH ONE OF BOSTON\u2019S KEY DEFENDERS HERE, WITH NIKITA ZADOROV AHEAD OF BRUINS LIGHTNING ON SATURDAY. NEWS OF THE DAY JAMES HIGGINS GETS CALLED UP. WHAT\u2019S YOUR INTERACTION BEEN WITH HIM SO FAR? YEAH IT\u2019S GOOD. I MEAN I MET HIM TO THE ROOKIE CAMP IN THE SUMMER. SEEMS LIKE A GOOD KID. YEAH, WE\u2019RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM AS A VETERAN ON THIS TEAM. WHEN A YOUNG PROSPECT KIND OF GETS CALLED UP. HOW DO YOU BRING HIM INTO THE FOLD? WHAT\u2019S THE BEST WAY TO KIND OF GET HIM COMFORTABLE IN THE NHL? WELL, IT\u2019S NOT MY JOB TO GET HIM COMFORTABLE. I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE\u2019RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM. OBVIOUSLY WE WE HAVEN\u2019T CLINCHED ANYTHING YET. SO WE HAVE A BIG GAME ON SATURDAY. I THINK THAT\u2019S WHAT OUR FOCUS IS ON. HOW DO YOU KIND OF GAME PLAN AGAINST TAMPA BAY? WHAT\u2019S GOING TO BE THE KEY TO VICTORY AGAINST THEM. WELL IT\u2019S A TIGHT CHECKING GAME. I THOUGHT WE HAD A GOOD GAME IN TAMPA. MAYBE SAT BACK A LITTLE TOO MUCH IN THE THIRD. THAT\u2019S WHAT COST US AT THE END OF THE DAY. BUT. COULD BE BE OUR FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF MATCHUP AS WELL. SO I THINK IT GETS A EXPERIENCED TEAM LIKE THAT. WE JUST GOT TO PLAY OUR GAME. YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK HERE BETWEEN GAMES. YOU COME OFF THE ROAD. HOW DOES THAT HELP YOU, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS LONG OLYMPIC YEAR. A LOT OF GAMES BACK TO BACK. YEAH NO IT\u2019S NICE. I MEAN WE HAVEN\u2019T HAD LIKE THAT WHOLE YEAR. IT\u2019S BEEN A CRAZY SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF THE OLYMPICS LIKE YOU SAID. SO WE DEFINITELY TAKE IT YOU KNOW TAKE CARE OF OUR BODY, GET SOME REST. AND YOU\u2019VE HAD A GREAT RECORD AT HOME, ESPECIALLY DOWN THE STRETCH HERE. WHAT\u2019S BEEN THE KEY TO THAT? YOU\u2019RE PLAYING AT HOME HERE ON SATURDAY. WHAT\u2019S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE THE ATMOSPHERE. HOW DOES IT HELP YOU. WELL THE FANS WE HAVE BEST FANS IN THE LEAGUE. YOU KNOW IT\u2019S ALWAYS NICE TO PLAY HERE. WE\u2019VE BEEN REALLY GOOD. WE\u2019VE BEEN TAKING PRIDE TO PLAY AT HOME IN FRONT OF OUR FANS. LIKE I SAID, AND IT\u2019S ALWAYS BEHIND US. SO WE\u2019RE JUST GOING TO KEEP ROLLING. YOU KNOW IT\u2019S IT\u2019S BEEN REALLY FUN THIS YEAR SO FAR. SO YOU CAN WATCH EVERY MINUTE OF THE ACTION TOMORROW WHEN THE BRUINS HOST THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING. THAT\u2019S AT 1230 AFTER THE B\u2019S, THE CAPITALS VISIT THE PENGUINS AT 3:00. AND FOLLOWING T\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVIDEO: WMUR speaks one on one Nikita Zadorov, one of the key defenders for Boston.>> Bruins on WMUR-TV: See the Bruins take on the Lightning at 12:30 p.m. Saturday on WMUR <<\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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VIDEO: WMUR speaks one on one Nikita Zadorov, one of the key defenders for Boston.<\/p>\n
>> Bruins on WMUR-TV: See the Bruins take on the Lightning at 12:30 p.m. Saturday on WMUR <<<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Interview: Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov PLAY A GOOD SOLID 60 MINUTES AND, AND TRY TO GET AT IT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5099],"tags":[9187,154,95,5132,530,62444,6911,934,62442,5,3289,26580,62443,955,4,3387,4269,130,3103,5088,1321,62445],"class_list":{"0":"post-549882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-bruins","8":"tag-big-game","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-bruins","11":"tag-bostonbruins","12":"tag-bruins","13":"tag-bruins-defenseman-nikita-zadorov","14":"tag-fan","15":"tag-games","16":"tag-him","17":"tag-hockey","18":"tag-home","19":"tag-ian-steele","20":"tag-key-defender","21":"tag-minute","22":"tag-nhl","23":"tag-nikita-zadorov","24":"tag-saturday","25":"tag-team","26":"tag-that","27":"tag-up","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-whole-year"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116383036233889239","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}