Barrett Jackman

I think these kids are specializing way too young and,

Getting advisors when they're six years old and kids moving away from home at 10, 11, 12, chasing the best team in the country.

I think there's a lot to be said about developing homegrown talent, being with your family, learning how to be a good person.

The hockey IQ, I really think these kids should... It's more about team sports and less on the...

the individual.

So, yeah, that's, that's my opinion.

I know, you know, all these skills coaches are probably going to be pissed that I think there's a, you know, a place for skills, individual skills, but I think there should be a lot more, you know, team, you know, practices, you know,

Playing scrimmages, small area games where you're competing and just learn the game that way.

Yeah, the whole one-on-one thing.

I don't think people realize that people in the NHL rarely get beat one-on-one, especially playing against a guy like you.

But I just got a text from Oshie and he said, ask him about the rookie party in San Francisco.

Oh, the Ripton party, San Fran.

Uh, yeah, we, uh, we ended up, uh, I think we were playing in Edmonton or something the night before.

So, uh, we ended up flying into, uh, San Fran and, you know, just kind of having a, a day off, uh, boys, uh, you know, spent a lot of time at the pub and then we went to a nice restaurant after and, uh, DJ King and Cam Jansen decided that they, uh,

in the restaurant we're gonna see who was tougher so yeah there's they're pretty banged up and you you punch me first so they punch them in the face and you know they laugh and didn't hurt and you know the other one hits each other and they go back and forth or the manager comes up to me he's like uh they can't do that this is a nice restaurant can you please tell them to leave so

they went outside and yeah, they were, uh, you know, got a few more punches in nothing bad.

They, they were just, you know, one for one and, you know, very calm about it.

And then, uh, he took the bus back to San Jose right after.

And, you know, big Walt was sitting there pissing off Kinger and Kinger was trying to go after Walt and Walt kept calling him a pussy.

So I'm sitting there hanging on the Kinger.