Aslak Hestnes did a lot of film study to prepare for the SMJHL Playoffs. He’s still very much adjusting to this level as a rookie, and he was able to learn a lot from watching video. While some of it certainly came down to learning opponents’ tendencies to game plan and construct a defense against those playoff foes, it has been just as important to just watch older players, even his teammates, in various situations on the ice and soak up as much information as possible. Especially joining as a mid-season acquisition, there hasn’t been much time to learn, there was no “training camp.” It was pretty much straight out of the frying pan and into the fire, as the very odd saying goes, and Hestnes has simply had to adjust on the fly. In a way, the break before the playoffs was his first chance to really go to school, and he’s particularly eager for the offseason to really study up and prepare for next season.