How, how did it come up? When, when were you first contacted about it, and who reached out to you?

Well, I mean, there's been a lot of buzz around the team, a lot of excitement.

Me and a lot of the other alum, Nick Suzuki's talk- texting me right now.

He's watching tonight.

We've, we've all stayed in touch with the team, and, uh, we all pay attention to what's going on.

But I think seeing the news about Keenan, Ty, who, who I was able to play against, and just the buzz around the team and the s- in the city and all of it.

I spoke to him a little bit when he got the job, and he said there was an opportunity to potentially do this, and there was no better fit.

Any other advice for, for players, even players that are currently on the Owen Sound Attack, knowing that here's a guy that worked hard and made it to that next level?

Personally, how pleased are you with how you managed all of those things and how you performed this year?

Yeah.

The end goal is winning a Stanley Cup.

When you look at a team and management making changes, they have the same goal as me.

Whether that's how I handle it, it should be in a good way.

We all want to win.

We all have the same goal.

I'm curious how you felt like you handled coming back from injury this year compared to last year, and if there was anything you drew upon from last year to help you this season.