Bringing on new players is always a good time. The raw excitement and eagerness that they are coming in with can be infectious. But with that also comes pressure and nerves. However, hockey is hockey and if you get to this point you have the core skills that you need already and just need to figure out how to gel with the team and work with our system. That really comes down to the team and teammates to figure out how to make things work on and off the ice.

As one of the old dudes left on the team my role is really to take up space on the bench and look like I am contributing on the ice. In reality I just scoot around and act like I belong while trying not complain about my aches and pains constantly. From a practical standpoint, I just try to make sure they know where to be and when to be there so that we can try to get pucks in the net and bring home more of those cups.