Player Prompt:

the most important piece of advice for a new rookie entering the Montreal locker room for the first time is simply: your SHL career is a marathon, not a sprint. You'll have down seasons and bad games but the only thing that matters is that you stick with it, keep coming to practice, and show up for your team. The results will come, and things will come together in time.

The second most important piece of advice is: if you want to score goals, watch Kriss Darzins. That dusty old Latvian mummy is somehow laughing in the face of regression and continuing to put up monster point totals and score goals at an offensive rate.

Beyond that, expect a lot of public pressure playing in a Canadian market, but enjoy the game and have fun. We all want our young players to be put in the best position to succeed so ask questions, be honest with your feedback, and put in the work.