"While it's only been a handful of games, I know I need to get better," Nevada Battleborn defender Eero Makela said. "Need to hit more. Need to block more shots, poke check better."

"The transition to this league has not been easy," he continued. "Players are big and strong, go hard to the net. My job is to keep the puck out of our net and get it up to the skilled guys. The best way to do that is to get harder, better, faster, stronger."

"I have never put up a lot of points, and never expect to," he finished. "But seeing the talent in this league, I think with a little time, I can become a dominant player, someone other teams are afraid to get close to, because they know that I'll take their goddamn heads off."

Makela turns away and puts on an old Daft Punk disc and starts lifting weights. He can be heard muttering, "Harder, better, faster, stronger."