11/22 PHI vs. NYI Pregame: Marc Staal

On returning to the lineup I know we talked yesterday but now that you're officially back in the lineup how's it feel to get back in I mean it feels good to get back in the routine and with the guys and I'm excited to again some games it's been been a while so um yeah looking forward to it for sure did you play with eigor before you got hurt uh I don't think so we in practice and we I only play four games so yeah I probably sh or two of them but what's it mean to be playing with On playing with Aleksander Barkov someone you know who's still learning the game and you how how you can mentor him a little bit in that regard yeah I mean I think I thought he's been getting better and better as The Season's gone along and um he's such a a big rangy player uses a stick extremely well he's very patient with the puck so I mean uh he's got he's got a lot going on for him in a real positive way so um just try to support best I can hopefully does the same for me you've played a lot of with a lot of On his style of play different partners over the years do you change your style any way in regards to who you're playing with or is it just this is you and yeah I mean I generally don't change too much about my game I you do learn the Tendencies of your partner uh the more you play with and um so you know as we go you know it's hard it's hard to pick it up when you're watching you know it's different when you're in the game and you're making reads and you're talking to each other and it definitely builds more chemistry and so um sure we'll be be talking a lot about different plays and situations on the ice and and hopefully uh you know just keep improving are you normally a On returning from injury morning team no no not at all no but I haven't played five weeks so and yeah yeah we had a right yesterday so I fig i' flush out a little bit certainly not your first rodeo coming back from an injury what's the challenges to getting back up to into game speed yeah yeah I mean it just takes a little bit of time I think um I think once you get into the game you get your first few shifts over and it all kind of comes back and and and you start to to feel more comfortable and rolling again so uh just be physical keep it simple all those things where uh where you look just to get your feet under you again and and like you said just get back into the flow of a hockey game and um do that tonight