Daniel Jeremiah

I mean, you know, whether it's you're playing against guys, kids that you played against now and, you know, things like you said, where you're a young guy saying that, you know, you were his favorite player, stuff like that.

So I think that it's not something you typically ever get used to, but it's a little more common now.

And I think

you know, being in this position, the more you can help.

Um, I had so many guys as a young player that helped me.

So I think that's something I try to remind myself of.

And at the same time, you're still out there trying to compete.

You're still trying to play at the top of your game and, and try to balance all that.

So, um, I guess it's, it's different in that way, but it's no different than the challenge you have coming in as a young player with something to prove, not knowing much, uh, there's challenges with that too.

So I think they just change, you know, the longer you play, but that's something that, uh,

That's definitely been a lot more common, you know.

Yeah, I think there's a lot more emphasis on skill and speed, and I think you look at teams' lineups and they dictate that a lot based on how teams are made up and who's won and what's made teams successful.

I think you still look at teams like Florida, who've had a ton of success the last few years.

They're talented, they're skilled and fast, but there's still a lot of grit to their game.

So I think that...

That element is still there, but maybe a little bit less emphasis on the physical aspect than maybe when I first came in.

You look at defensemen, they're a lot more mobile probably overall.

Right through all the D-men, I think there's a lot of focus on being able to move the puck, being able to skate, join the rush, create offense, not necessarily as much maybe on shot blocking and things like that, but that stuff still...

super important and has a huge you know a huge bearing on the outcomes of games so you'll see in the playoffs that stuff's magnified even more and um but i think yeah the skill and speed's kind of just gradually gotten more and more

Yeah.