Cory Lavalette

You know, they know that intensity and relentlessness is more, you know, want is more important than, you know, what you're how you're built.

Right.

It helps.

I mean, I've always I've always said.

If Sebastian Ajo and Alexander Barkov were the same size, they're probably the same player.

Like Barkov is an elite shutdown, dominant, dominant player because he's all of those things and he's big.

And Sebastian Ajo is just not blessed with size.

So, yeah, there's an advantage to being big.

There's no doubt about it.

But it doesn't have to limit what you are.

And those two guys and they're both they're both so ultra competitive there.

This roster is just loaded with competitive guys.

And you mentioned, you know, Taylor Hall, too.

And I mean, that's a guy who's just bought in.

You got these guys who it reminds me of the 2006 team.

You know, Rod Brindamore talked about.

about how, you know, they brought in Doug Waite.

They had Glenn Wesley.

They had Brett Hedekin.

You had all these guys who had played long, long careers and, you know, hadn't won.