I mean, what's the key to having the kind of bounce back season you guys want to have?

have?Yeah, I think it's just, y- you know, last year at, at one point in the season, I think we were, like, 17, 9, and 2, uh, whatever, however many games that is into the sea- 28 games into the season a- and first place in the division.

Um, those things were looking great, and then we just went on a, a, a bad stretch in, in kind of, like, n- late November, like, throughout December, and then kind of led into January.

And, and just we, we put ourselves too far behind the eight ball.

And, um, no, I think definitely with, uh, you know, the kind of the guys we added, I think there's gonna be some more consistency, um, throughout the lineup.

And, and maybe, you know, some of those games in the, in the dog days of, you know, December, January, February when, um, you know, when your team kinda can't find anything.

I think we're gonna have those, those type of game breakers that, um, are getting paid a lot of money to, to score goals and to, you know, kind of create things on their own.

I mean, w- as a, as a veteran player, what do you make of that?

I mean, what's the key to having the kind of bounce-back season you guys want to have?

Yeah, I think it's just, you, you know, last year at, at one point in the season I think we were, like, 17, nine, and two, uh, whatever, however many games that is into the sea- 28 games into the season, a- and first place in the division.

Um, those things were looking great, and then we just went on a, a, a bad stretch in, in kind of, like, l- late November, like, throughout December, and then kind of led into January.

And, and just we, we put ourselves too far behind the eight ball.

And, um, no, I think definitely with, uh, you know, the kind of the guys we added, I think there's gonna be some more consistency, um, throughout the lineup.

And, and maybe, you know, some of those games in the, in the dog days of, you know, December, January, February when, um, you know, when your team kinda can't find anything, I think we're gonna have those, those type of game breakers that, um, are getting paid a lot of money to, to score goals and to, you know, kind of create things on their own.

And I think, um, you know, I think we, we were a team last year where we needed kind of everyone to be, you know, kind of firing on all cylinders to, to be successful.

I mean, w- as a, as a veteran player, what do you make of that?

Strom, you're up.

All right.

Thanks, Chief, for saving this one for me.

I'm going to go April 6, 2025.

Alex Ovechkin breaking the all-time goals record.

Just the whole year, just even being a part of it for the last couple of years, just...

I feel like in the moment, it was insane.

Sorry.

Yeah

...

there was a, a f- a few, uh, pretty good hockey players around there.

But yeah, just, um, for whatever reason, didn't work out in Arizona.

Probably, uh, you know, a cause of me, you know, not playing very well and, and also not getting the best opportunity maybe.

Um, and then all of a sudden, on a, on a random Sunday, uh, my parents were actually visiting, uh, Arizona.

We'd just got smoked by, I think, Calgary or Montreal, like six or seven-one.

Do you feel that?