James Mirtle

play them at center, and it works in their system.

And, you know, the trade they were taking a lot of heat for last year, they're getting a lot of credit for how well it's working right now.

Yeah.

And I mean, there have been some players that have gone there and were like, this isn't for me.

You know, I think Michael Ranton, I think that that was one of the things that he saw is like, not only was he not crazy about being in Carolina, but he looked at the system and the way that everything's working.

He's like, you know, I don't think this is for me.

And.

they need players that want to be there and they'd get buy-in.

And I thought it was interesting, you know, Nikolai Ehlers was the hero of game two in the Eastern conference final.

And I wrote about him and talked to him and his decision.

And like, he never had a doubt in his mind when he was going to free agency, there were other teams offering him more money and more term than what Carolina did.

He's like, I want to be a Carolina hurricane.

And,

part of it was that he was excited about the idea of, of going somewhere that's a little bit quieter of a media market quieter than, than even Winnipeg getting out of the spotlight.

But, you know, so for someone like that or someone for like Taylor hall, they go there and they, they, they love the system that they're playing.

They love the energy that it involves.

And, but it's not an easy way to play because you kind of need to be going all the time.

And, um, it's really, it's really a taxing system, I think on the body.

And it's interesting that they've been able to get basically that entire roster running like a machine.

And that's why they ran over Montreal.