At this stage of his long, long career, Xavier Doom has settled into a comfortable routine. His roster spot is always secured until he’s ready to retire, so there isn’t anything going on in the preseason that worries him in that aspect. Instead, he comes to the rink in the preseason to hang out with his long time teammates, and he makes extra time to start to bond with the newest additions to the Specters’ roster be it new prospects getting the call up to the big leagues, new players brought into the organization from trades, or a free agent signing. Doom doesn’t put much stock into the preseason games. They don’t matter, and most teams just try out “wacky” line combos and go at 75% just to shake any rust off or to see if they can catch lightning in a bottle with some interesting pairings. With all of that in mind, Doom just has a lot of fun playing the sport he loves with some new and old teammates and enjoys himself. He doesn’t know how many of these moments he has left, so as a result he’s living in the moment. (194)