Aaron Ward

I'm just, I don't want to be here.

And he sat down with me for probably 30 minutes and just talked to me.

And he made me completely forget that I was away from home.

He made me embrace the idea that I was there at a hockey camp to get better, to have fun.

opened my eyes to the opportunity of making some friends, enjoying the game, all of it.

And his 30 minutes of just sitting down and being normal with a kid.

it basically was ingrained in me that I want that to be me when I get older.

If I ever, I mean, I don't know if I'm going to be successful at that point, but if I was ever going to be somebody, I was going to be Bob McGill.

And I was not going to be the guy that walked by someone who maybe needed a pat on the back, a hug or encouragement in the moment.

So I always carried with me that Bob McGill was my guy.

And so as we grew up, finally, Leafs gone on global.

I got to watch them more.

I got to watch Big Daddy.

It was a big thrill.

Like I only watched Bob McGill.

There was a lot of...

Bigger name players there.

But I was watching Bob McGill play.

And my biggest thrill is I got to play against Bobby in an exhibition game.

I think it was in 93.