Morgan Rielly often replayed the game in his mind.
Toronto’s Maple Leafs defender also developed a routine in 12 seasons crushing against the NHL opponents who help him relax after leaving the ice and leaving the action.
Hydration and a meal are essential. Perhaps a glass of wine at home, on the plane or in your hotel room.
He then flashes on the tablet.
“I look at my work quarters,” said Rielly. “You are constantly thinking:” I could have done something different? ” Why did I do that? What else had there? The shot has been the right game. You break down all things.
“When I see the game again, it can calm this inner voice and then I can relax.”
Relaxing after fighting for 60 minutes takes many forms for the league players.
Some have no problem falling asleep, while others – adrenaline always cross their bodies after nights filled with emotions in full arenas – find it difficult to settle.
The Bluelier des Rangers de New York, K’andre Miller, said that sleep is an important step in the preparation process.
“Much of the game that many people don’t think about,” he said. “Throughout a season, there are a lot of trips, many tense matches, a lot of longer matches, different start hours, shots, shootings.”
Miller has a telephone application to help him calm down after having difficulties sometimes earlier in his career: “It did wonders.”
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Players have a lot of resources at their disposal to get the rest they need. Some teams, including Vancouver Canucks, have even used sleep doctors in the past to meet the rigors of long journeys on the road through several time zones.
The Winnipeg jet striker Brandon Tanev, usually drifts with a television show or a film in the background, but added that there are cases where it is difficult to move with the game of this night that still sounds in his ears.
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“We have all had our moments,” he said. “Especially in circumstances larger than the others – eliminatory matches or play in your hometown. The rush and adrenaline is going through you.”
Seattle Kraken head coach Dan Bylsma said that extinguishing him after being behind the benches in the same intense environment can be just as difficult.
“We are not going down immediately,” he said about the post-match routine. “There is always good and there is always a bad one that you have to unpack. For me, it has not been happening for a long time. I generally look at two periods of hockey again, and I generally (wine) nearby.”
The Leafs center, John Tavares, said one of his tips over the years has been to avoid one of the hockey match rituals – the afternoon nap.
“It helps the cause,” he said with a smile.
Tavares also try to stay out of your phone or wears glasses that block blue light if necessary for an post-match screen.
“You learn how you manage it,” he said. “Light is great … It’s the one I really noticed, really help. The glasses, as eccentric as possible, they work if you have to have your phone near your face.”
Captain of St. Louis Blues, Brayden Schenn, said that he had heard of teammates throwing and shooting until 4 am after the games.
“I was very lucky,” he said. “I did not need sleep doctors or sleeping pills. I guess I was able to close my brain. ”
Rielly said the Rest had simply turned off his priority list when he matured in the league.
“When I was younger, it was right:” you will treat with tomorrow, when tomorrow comes “,” he said. “But it is an important part of our recovery.”
Feel blue
The Rangers captured the trophy for last season’s presidents for the best record for the NHL regular season before going to the final of the Eastern Conference.
There were dreams that the Stanley Cup returned to the Big Apple in October.
The 2024-25 campaign has rather turned into a nightmare.
New York is 11th at the conference at 38-36-7 before the club final on Thursday at home against the Lightning of Tampa Bay.
The future of head coach Peter Laviolette and Director General Chris Drury will be scenarios to watch when the Rangers are starting to pick up the pieces later this week.
Renewed rivalry
The Leafs won first place in the Atlantic division to guarantee an opening eliminatory series against the Ottawa senators – and the first post -season battle in Ontario in more than two decades.
Toronto beat Ottawa four times in five springs between 2000 and 2004, including a pair of series that experienced seven games.
“It will be cool. It’s been a long time,” said Captain of the Leafs Auston Matthews after the laundering of Tuesday 4-0 of Buffalo Sabers. “It’s good for hockey.”
This Canadian press report was published on April 16, 2025 for the first time.
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