Don Taylor

And when I say it, I'm talking about how lucky you are.

And I get the feeling that this wasn't the feeling of that dressing room for a significant amount of time the last several years.

How lucky you are to be where you are.

You're a lot of life playing in the National Hockey League.

and Brendan Gallagher fifth round draft choice because he was a small guy, but he worked his ass off and he managed to play over as managed to play, or he'll play more as managed to play over 900 NHL games.

Think about that coupled with the Sedins who people forget.

Yes.

Hall of fame careers, but at the start of their career, and even when you watch them, there were all sorts of questions about their skating and their fitness.

What did they do?

They didn't sit and complain or mope and, you know, uh,

you know, just refuse to look happy.

They want to improve themselves.

They improve their fitness, improve their skating, improve the way they approach the game.

And it worked for them.

Same thing.

Ryan Johnson, unheralded.

He turned into a shot blocking forward and stayed in the National Hockey League for a long, long time because of his courage.

Again, an underdog.

And if Manny Malhotra ends up indeed being the head coach of the Vancouver Canucks,

Same sort of thing with him.