What a story.

Under the radar all the time.

Solid in San Diego.

Getting a great opportunity.

Troy Terry's still out.

He's coming hopefully back sooner than later.

I know he's on the ice skating.

Mikhail Granlin, the captain of this team now, how does, how does, I guess when, when you look at him stepping into that role, you know, how does he fit that role?

the welts that they left well because they

It was only like rock hard for many, many years.

And then they made a softer one eventually.

But yeah, my earliest memories of my childhood is, you know, playing down there with my brother.

You know, I'm like three years old, maybe four years old.

And coming upstairs crying because like I couldn't even speak because I had welts all over my body.

I remember going upstairs and my mom's like, why are you crying? And I just was like, oh.

One of, you know, one of the things that, certainly is talked about a lot with respect to goaltending is like the mental side of it right and like goalies are quirky and you know or they you know they're they're a different breed and all those things like from your experience do you find those types of like you know generality generalizations to like be true and you know i i guess it's kind of like two questions one do you think that like like goalies are just like it's a different mindset like they're they're a different breed or just like the position like just make them a different breed if that makes sense

Yeah

... on that organization.

And, you know, hopefully I, I did.

You know, we always talk about the first guys, the inaugural guys, and being able to stay through eight seasons.

That you kinda started to pave the way, pave the road for success, and that hopefully someday that the organization would reach that ultimate goal of a Stanley Cup championship, which of course they did.

Uh, but yeah, walking into that, you know, locker room area, it's really cool because it's about history, and I think that the Ducks organization has embraced that history over the years.

A- and I love the fact that, you know, I mean, yes, I was there first, but you look down that hallway at all the great accomplishments of some really tremendous players, uh, throughout the year, the years.

Like, it's k- it's kind of amazing, right?

Yeah.

But I think that the jitters are pretty similar, the fact that, you know, you know how important your job is.

You can't really make any mistakes.

You know you're probably gonna get scored on, and it's how I respond to, you know, that moment.

Like, can't get rattled, and you have to just get up and make that next save.

So, you know, I think, you know, having the experience of playing for, you know, a few seasons and then to having the first chance to go into the, you know, Stanley Cup playoffs, I think you're better prepared than you are for that first ever game.

But still, I think that that intensity and, and the meaning of what you're playing for, your city and your teammates and your organization, and you know it's a best of, best of seven series, so you know that, you know, it's not gonna be easy.

And so how much does that translate, that, that experience playing on, on the world stage to then, you know, uh, that experience of, uh, you know, playing in, in the Stanley Cup playoffs?