Barrett Jackman

And he just got to, you know, you sit and have coffee with them.

You just tell the stories and, uh, you never seen a guy that was more proud to wear a blue note and be a blue than, than that guy.

And,

So, you know, I had, uh, some pretty big, uh, shoes to fill, but, um, you know, every day and he, you know, passed away a few years ago and, you know, every day, you know, I wake up and I see that, uh, you know, the number five with the heart and, you know, the, the wings on it and, you know, thinking him.

So he is, uh, you know, told jokes, told stories and, and just, uh, loved by, by everyone.

Yeah.

Uh, you know, like Osh coming in, you know, you see what he can do with the puck and how hard he competes, uh, uh, burgling this big, you know, smooth, silky, uh, you know, forward, uh, Petro, Eric Johnson, um,

Yeah, just you could see what their vision was.

We had an ownership change during the lockout and shipped off some older guys.

But, you know, you got a big wall in the locker room, too, for so many years to teach those guys.

But, yeah, no, you see that vision of what could be.

And you kept adding little pieces that, you know, we really thought were going to make us elite.

Yeah.

You know, took pride in trying to, you know, teach the culture and continue on developing those boys.

And, you know, we had some success, but could never get over the hump until, you know, after they traded, you know, I signed in Nashville and then all of a sudden they got good.

Oopsie.

um uh kachuk i mean walt having walt around and especially matthew and brady at that time could you have ever imagined that those kids would grow up to be the players they are now and why do they call you timmy torso well tommy torso big walt i'm sure fed you that one but uh short legs long torso built for hockey nothing else but

Yeah, Matthew and Brady, they, you know, I felt like they were never in school.

You know, we'd be out there for, you know, they'd come to the rink, we'd practice, they'd be on the ice after, they'd be on the ice before.

Queenville used to have to kick them off the ice because, you know, they'd be skating around, we're probably five minutes into practice and they're still buzzing around, but...