“Let them have some fun and we’ll slap them at home.” Kulikov spoke about the mood of Florida hockey players after the loss in Edmonton

Russian defender from Florida Dmitry Kulikov In an interview with , he recounted how the Panthers players reacted to a major road loss to Edmonton in Game 4 of the last NHL playoff series.

The Florida Panthers won three games in a row against Edmonton in the last playoff series. After that, the Panthers lost heavily – 1:8. Edmonton then took two more games to even the series. In the seventh game, Florida won and won the Stanley Cup for the first time in club history.

— When you won three games in a row against Edmonton, what did you think?

– There were so many! When you realize that you have already won 15 and you have one victory left, maybe you relax without realizing it. You think that you only need to win one game, but you have peace of mind because you have won three and they have no victories. You think that we will take one game anyway.

— Game 2 of the finals… An Edmonton player deliberately hit you with his stick, in the same game Leon Draisaitl hit Alexander Barkov in the head. From the outside, it seemed like the Oilers were already going crazy with helplessness.

– 100%. We had exactly the same thoughts. They understood that they do such things because they do not know what else to do to interrupt or defeat us. That is why they adopt dirty methods. Well, it is clear that this happened in the first and second games, then we won the third and relaxed a little.

— What was the emotional state of the team after the first defeat with a score of 1:8? Do you think that a failure means nothing?

– Yes, that’s how it was perceived. Let them have a little fun, and at home we’ll slap them,” Kulikov told .

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