Dave Babich

Well, you know, Booleman, he surprised me at the end because when they first got him, obviously, you know, the

You know, the honeymoon was still hanging around.

He's flying around.

He got that goal ankle first game.

And then he kind of settled in.

And I think he just wasn't sure what his role was supposed to be.

And whether that's, you know, the coaches weren't communicating or they were trying to hold him back and maybe teach him the defensive side.

But I think with a young player like that, you know, what's his asset?

It's skating.

It's making plays.

You know, the other stuff, you know, he knows what to do.

it's just, you know, are you, are you strong enough to do it?

Or are you confident enough to do it?

But if he has the puck the whole time, you really don't need to do that.

And, and, and the last, geez, last 10 games or whatever it was, man, he was flying and good to see because, you know, I was a little concerned that maybe, maybe he just didn't have that part of the game, you know, it was all talked about, but, but he certainly does, you know, we landed there, he, you know, he's, um,

he's going to be a good player too.

I mean, I, I see him as he almost, he almost tries to hurry things too much.

Like he's such a good skater and he can play, you can, you know, he's got hockey sense, but it just seems that when, when there's a loose puck, he goes a hundred miles an hour when he doesn't have to.

And then I think sometimes once he does that, then he settles down, the play isn't there anymore instead of just, you know, kind of absorbing what's coming to him and making plays like that.

But both of them, I think, have great futures.