Brandon Astle

They're going to work on certain things that might be lacking.

They're going to work on certain things.

Like players might think like, why are we working on this?

But it's going to pay off in the long run.

Um, Manny runs a very high tempo practice.

He's going to get involved in the drills.

He likes to be in the battle with the boys, um,

And that's pretty inspiring when you see your coach out there and the Sedins as well, hooting and hollering, digging after you in the corners.

Manny's running through the scratches before a game, getting their paces done, which you don't see head coaches do a lot.

So I think it starts and ends.

For me, Vic, the development piece is off the ice in the gym and then on the practice sheet.

Obviously, all the eyeballs are on what happens in the game.

But if a player is struggling, it probably goes back to practice and it just hasn't been good enough.

A big one for me, which Canucks fans have seen a little bit at the tail end of each year is Kirill Kudryatsev.

He's still such a young guy, but he carries himself like a seasoned pro.

Ever since day one, he came to Abbotsford training camp.

I've said it time and time again, he thought he could be sent to the ECHL, but he made Abbotsford out of camp.

with pretty much no expectations and really just put his nose to the grindstone and was a sponge.

And when you can learn from the likes of Manny Malhotra, Jordan Smith, who runs the D, the Sedin twins, like that stuff's going to rub off on you.

And when you have the type of attitude and workmanlike mentality that Carrillo has, he's going to force management's hand to call him up, which has been the case the last few years.