"(Last year) was a tough season physically, mentally," Raty said. "It was the perfect amount of time in the summer to reload and then be really hungry to get back to the game."
Raty added, "I'm feeling like a whole new person. I had some injuries at the end of the year and got through them. The body's feeling a lot better. I'm feeling a lot better mentally."
"Just getting straight-line speed is something that you've just got to get stronger, just be more efficient. But I found a lot of things, like turning backwards, turning forwards, doing cutbacks, that doesn't really show in the straight-line speed. But I found a lot of flaws. I was always thinking straight-line speed and how could I get better at skating forward. But there's a lot of other skating in the game, too.
My overall skating, for sure, is a lot better. Straight-line speed will be there. I'm still young."
