Are you looking at traits, things that guys do that maybe you needed more on your team? Carson Harmer on face-offs or what Jonathan Capogiridis does?

Yeah, I think we're trying to tweak to make sure kind of the needs of the hockey cup a little bit.

Mike, it's a good.

It's a good question, and it's a question that I'm trying to resolve to making sure we have the right balance on the backhand, right left shot D, and the right centerman, and making sure we get enough goals.

In preseason here, we haven't been sharp defensively, and we've been seeing him get scored on way too much.

I know the coaching staff will correct that and get better, but we've got to make sure we have you know, players that can check and play both ends of the

Do you see a style other than maybe that find a way to score a lot of goals and keep them out of the net? I mean.

That's the goal every year.

Hands down, full stop." Agree or disagree? (laughs)

You know what? He's a special player.

And, uh, you know what? It was one of them trades that, uh, we're very fortunate, uh, to hear one play for the London Knights and, and get the deal done.

And I mean, we give up, I don't know, nine picks, draft picks, but them picks were all worth it for Sam.

And, and, uh, he's been a pleasure to be around.

And, uh, every day, he comes to the rink and practices.

And he's just gonna be a 15-year pro one night.

What does Mark Hunter, though, see in Matthew Tkachuk?

Hands down, full stop." Agree or disagree?

(laughs) You know what? He's a special player.

And, uh, you know what? It was one of them trades that, uh, we're very fortunate, uh, that he, uh, wanted to play for the London Knights and, and getting the deal done, and I mean, we give up, I don't know, nine picks, draft picks, but them picks were all worth it for Sam and, and, uh, he's been a pleasure to be around and, uh, every day he comes to the rink and practices and he's just gonna be a 15-year pro and, and that's why we win.

He's... consistently plays well every night and he drives the play and he takes pucks at their own end and defends and-

What does Mark Hunter, though, see in Matthew Tkachuk?

Well, I- I think h- he really evaluates what he needs to do to get things done on the ice.

He evaluates his own skills.

He evaluates how he can get better, and that's one of the traits he brought right into our, uh, dressing room, where he- he knew right away his skating had to be worked on.