OLIVE: As a young player, how much are you learning from the coaching staff here with the Panthers?<\/p>\n
ALSCHER: It\u2019s huge. Every single word they say, I take it and think about it. I\u2019m just trying to take as much as I can from them and learn from the best. I\u2019ve got huge respect for everyone here. When they\u2019re trying to help you, you should really listen.<\/p>\n
OLIVE: Now that you\u2019ve gotten a taste of the NHL, how do you feel about where your game is at?<\/p>\n
ALSCHER: I feel comfortable on the ice. I can definitely play. I didn\u2019t really look back the game because I\u2019m just trying to go day by day and not really look back. From what I remember, I felt really good on the ice. I felt good defending the players, breaking out. I don\u2019t know where I am, but I can say that I feel pretty good.<\/p>\n
OLIVE: How much do you think this new experience will help you during the summer?<\/p>\n
ALSCHER: First, it\u2019s a huge motivation. It gives you a feeling of where you can be if you just keep working hard and getting better. That\u2019s the one thing that\u2019s already motivating me. Yeah, you just start to see those little things that the defensemen do that can make them play regularly in the NHL. Those are the things that I\u2019m trying to catch now and trying to look at so that I can work on that in the summer.<\/p>\n
OLIVE: Speaking of those little things, you\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a better teacher than Gustav Forsling. What have you been able to pick up from him so far?<\/p>\n
ALSCHER: I think it\u2019s his work with the stick. Everyone can see that he\u2019s so dangerous with the stick. That\u2019s something that I can work on a lot. He\u2019s good at everything, but the stick is elite.<\/p>\n
OLIVE: After two games on the road, how much are you looking forward to your first home game as a Panther against the Rangers on Monday?<\/p>\n
ALSCHER: I\u2019m obviously very excited to be here. I\u2019ve played some preseason games here, but it\u2019s not the same. I\u2019m really excited to play here in Florida.<\/p>\n
OLIVE: How different a feeling is it when you wear that Panthers jersey now compared to the preseason?<\/p>\n
ALSCHER: It\u2019s the games. The preseason is kind of chaotic. Guys don\u2019t always know what to do. It\u2019s half the guys that are going to play and half guys that are going to AHL or back to juniors. The play is kind of chaotic because everyone is excited. Now, it\u2019s all structure. There\u2019s all the meetings and every guy knows what to do. It\u2019s different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OLIVE: As a young player, how much are you learning from the coaching staff here with the Panthers?…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-606914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}