When Dejana Kaptina and the rest of the rookies walked into the QCC locker room, the rest of the squad gathered to greet them, quite warmly in fact with plenty of claps, hugs, and handshakes. The team in general being quite young, even by junior league standards (with only two major vets on the squad), there wasn't a whole lot of getting shit from the vets for the most part. We had a nice little welcome party complete with more poutine than you could possibly imagine, and age-appropriate drinks. On the practice rink though, things got pretty heated as competitions for spots and ice time heated up. Friendly heat, to be clear, but heat nonetheless. As time goes on and we go through preseason and the early season, that on-ice practice heat will cool off as lines and roles get settled, and the team will be able to progress as one cohesive unit.