Daniel Briere

We know he's uber talented.

Like you said, you mentioned it's tough to find pure skill, pure talent.

um you know matt vay's going through some growing pains um last year and i think it's going to make him a better player for the future uh he's realized that it's the nhl is the best league it's not easy uh after the first year he maybe thought that is going to be easier than he thought so it just set the record straight for him i expect him to bounce back he's

Ultra competitive.

He did like how his season went last year, and that's why we believe he's going to jump back and he's going to have a great year next year.

Well, I'm going to check Marion for you tomorrow, so I'll see if it's in good shape for you.

Thanks, guys.

Thanks for having me.

No, I mean, it was ideal that the cup was given out, but no, we had been working on it probably last week for a few days and looking at different scenarios and going back and forth.

So, yeah, it was...

I think we're all glad.

I'm sure Toronto is also glad that it's finally done and we can move on.

It changed the makeup of things a little bit.

Sam Erson, to start with Sam Erson and Nat, Sam was drafted by us, grew up in this organization, well-liked, loved both of them, both players actually loved by their teammates, really, really good players.

Good people.

We just felt with Sam that it was time for a change of scenery.

The guy is a battler.

People tend to focus sometimes a little too much on just the numbers with him.

If you watch him in key moments, every year he seems to have a winning record.

But sometimes you get caught up with the save percentage and the average average.