For any new players coming to Los Angeles this season, there is just a couple of things you need to know to make sure you'll fit in just fine with the rest of us.

You have to be a foodie. No, that doesn't mean eating fancy/expensive dishes every day. It means you have to love talking food. Sharing pics of what you're eating, talking about recipes or dishes you've tried around the world. Get us hungry and you've done your job.

You also have to keep our GM on their toes. Act up in the locker room, complain about ice time or your role on the team. Request a trade every week or so, demand you be moved up a line, you know, things that will make them sweat and get nervous. If they don't feel this, they'll get too comfortable in the role and coast. Fear drives success, so create a LR of uneasiness and you'll do great.

Most of all, be ready to play. Don't take practices off and train, train, train. We get better if you get better. Don't slip.

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