VLADIMIR TARASENKO AFTER HIS FIRST RANGERS GAME INSIDE THE
DRESSING ROOM WITH MICHELLE GINGRAS.
TAKE US THROUGH YOUR EMOTIONS, FIRST FULL DAY AS A
NEW YORK RANGER? I WAS KIND OF NERVOUS BEFORE
I WENT IN THE MORNING. IT WAS NEW FOR ME.
YOU DON'T KNOW NOBODY IN THE ROOM, JUST A COUPLE OF GUYS.
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN VERY NICE TO ME.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF EMOTION. MY FAMILY CAME HERE FROM ST.
LOUIS. IT WAS AMAZING.
ARTMY SAID HE WAS GOING TO PASS YOU THE PUCK.
DIDN'T TAKE LONG. WHAT DID YOU SEE ON THAT PLAY
AND THAT GOAL? I JUST TRIED TO BE OPEN.
SOMETIMES WE TRY TOO MUCH BUT WE ENJOY PLAYING WITH EACH OTHER
ALREADY. LIKE I SAID THE, IT WAS A LOT OF
EMOTIONS. AND SOMETIMES TRIED TO OVERPLAY
SOME MOMENTS WE GOT, BUT I WAS JUST HAPPY.
YOU MENTIONED THE EMOTIONS. DID YOU HEAR THE GARDEN CHANTING
YOUR NAME? IF SO, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR
YOU? REALLY?
I WAS THINKING I WAS MISHAEARIN. IT WAS A345IZING.
SO FAR IT'S VERY GOOD. I'M VERY EXCITED.
YOU'VE ALSO PLAYED HERE A LOT AS A VISITOR.
JUST THE FIRST TIME BEING HERE AS PART OF THE HOME TEAM.
IT'S DIFFERENT. YOU DON'T HEAR THE CROWD
SOMETIMES. YOU GET IN THE GAME, YOU BLOCK
THE NOISE. HOME TEAM, IT WAS UNREAL.
VERY GOOD FEELING PLAYING HERE AS HOME TEAM.
DID YOU FEEL YOU HAD A JOLT OF ENERGY WITH THIS BEING YOUR
FIRST GAME HERE? YEAH, IN THE BEGINNING.
KIND OF MIXED GAME FOR US. JUST A GOOD DAY, GREAT DAY.
VERY EXCITED. ARTEMI PASSED THE GOAL AND
RIGHT OFF THE BAT. I DON'T THINK IT'S MATTER --
IT'S NICE. CONNECTS FOR GOAL.
WE HOPE MORE ARE COMING. WE'LL GET PLAYING BETTER, KNOW
EACH OTHER BETTER AND PLAY WELL EVERY GAME.
HOW BUSY WAS THE LAST 24 HOURS FOR YOU?
I DON'T THINK I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS IN MY LIFE.
IST THE FIRST TIME GETTING TRADED IN THE NHL.
I SPENT 11 YEARS IN ONE CITY. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE GUYS
GIVE US A VERY WARM WELCOME. EVERYBODY HERE WAS VERY NICE TO
AHEAD IS CHRIS KREIDER. HERE IS MIKA ZIBANEJAD, HIS
REACTION TO THE 6-3 WIN. TODAY WE PLAYED BETTER FOR
LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. OBVIOUSLY, THEY GOT TWO QUICK
GOALS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING.
OTHER THAN THAT, I THOUGHT WE PLAYED BETTER TODAY AND WHEN WE
PLAY LIKE WE WANT TO AND WE CREATED THAT IDENTITY AND PLAYED
TO THAT IDENTITY, I THINK WE DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AND WE PUT
OURSELVES IN GOOD SPOTTING GAMES.
SPECIAL TEAMS BIG FOR YOU TONIGHT.
WHAT FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING WELL ON THE POWER PLAY?
SCORE GOALS. SORRY.
WE SCORED GOALS. WE HAD CHANCES BEFORE AND, YOU
KNOW, A COUPLE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE UNITS AND WE GOT A LITTLE
SPARK AND JUST TRYING TO KEEP GOING, TRYING TO CREATE CHANCES
AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL GO IN. LAST 24 HOURS OR SO FOR THE
TEAM, WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE, THE FEELING AROUND THE ROOM, THE
FEELING WITH THE GUYS. FIRST OFF, IT HAPPENS ON A
DAY OFF. WE DON'T GET TO BE PART OF IT
THERE. SOMEONE TOLD ME, I DON'T KNOW.
SOMEONE JUST TOLD ME THAT WE GOT VLAD AND MIKKOLA.
SO, IT WAS EXCITING. I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT AT FIRST.
AS A TEAM, YOU'RE AIMING FOR THE PLAYOFFS.
FROM LAST YEAR, WE WANT TO KEEP GOING AND KEEP GROW WILLING.
WHEN ADDITIONS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, IT'S GOOD FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.
WE'RE FAR FROM DONE. THIS GIVES THAT LITTLE EXTRA
BOOST OF UNDERSTANDING WE'VE DONE SOMETHING GOOD THIS FAR AND
NOW WE'RE GETTING A COUPLE MORE GUYS THAT CAN HELP US OUT AND
BECOME BETTER AND JUST TRY TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
THAT'S A BIG CONFIDENCE BOOST FOR THE WHOLE GROUP.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD A NAME CHANTED THREE MINUTES INTO HIS
CAREER LIKE THAT? THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
OBVIOUSLY, EXCITING PLAYER AND UNBELIEVABLE PLAYER THAT JOINED
LET'S HEAR FROM THE HEAD COACH, GERARD GALLANT AND HIS PRESS
CONFERENCE PRESENTED BY CHASE. POWER PLAY UNITS, ALL GOOD,
RIGHT? GOOD TONIGHT.
IT WENT WELL TONIGHT. IT'S GOOD TO SEE HIM COME OUT
EARLY AND SCORE THAT GOAL EARLY IN THE GAME.
PLAYED WELL. IT WAS A GOOD HOCKEY GAME.
THAT'S A REAL GOOD TEAM OVER THERE.
THEY SKATE AND PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON.
HAPPY WITH THEIR EFFORT. YOU GUYS DO MUCH TALKING WITH
VLAD BEFOREHAND OR JUST WANT HIM TO PLAY THIS ONE?
SHOWED HIM A FEW THINGS, BUT NOTHING REALLY.
JUST -- OBVIOUSLY THE POWER PLAY.
SHOWED THEM THEIR SETUP AND ALL THAT.
LET THEM GO PLAY. HE'S AN EXPERIENCED GUY WITH A
LOT OF EXPERIENCE. THEY PLAY PRETTY MUCH THE SAME
THING WE DO IN ST. LOUIS. JUST GO PLAY, USE SKILL AND
TALENT AND THAT'S BEST FOR HIM. SEEMED LIKE IDEALLY YOU
WANTED HIM TO SLOT IN AND IT WOULD SLOT EVERYBODY ELSEWHERE
THEY BELONG. THAT SEEMED LIKE FOR MOST OF THE
GAME EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL. YEAH, WE GOT A LITTLE -- THE
LINES GOT MIXED UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF POWER PLAY TIME AND
DIFFERENT POWER PLAY UNITS. OVERALL, IT WENT REAL WELL.
BOTH UNITS WERE MOVING THE PUCK WELL AND HAD SCORING CHANCES.
WE GET TWO TONIGHT? IT'S GOOD POWER-PLAY GOAL.
WE'LL TAKE IT. I KNOW IT'S ONLY REGULAR
SEASON BUT TARASENKO COMING OUT THE WAY HE DID, DOES THAT SHOW
YOU HE KIND OF STEPS UP IN MOMENTS WHEN BOTH --
YEAH, HE'S REALLY EXCITED. JUST FROM MEETING HIM THIS
MORNING, HE'S REALLY EXCITED. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO START HIS
CAREER WITH THE RANGERS SCORING ON THE SECOND SHIFT, A GREAT
PLAY. HE'S EXCITED TO PLAY.
HE'S A GOOD HOCKEY PLAYER AND HE'LL HELP OUR TEAM BE A REAL
GOOD TEAM. I KNOW MIKKOLA TAKES THE
PENALTY. THE LAST ONE LOOKS LIKE IT
SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CALLED. OVERALL, HE WAS GOOD.
HE'S A BIG MAN. IT'S NOT EASY COMING TO A NEW
TEAM WITHOUT A PRACTICE. THEY HAD THE MORNING SKATE.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GOOD. HE'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED.
HE'S A BIG, STRONG GUY. I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE REAL