Jason Bukala
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Podcast Appearances
And what does that mean?
It means a million bucks in your back pocket and high expectations from guys like us.
you know, the leaf fan base, the management team, the scouts, they absolutely need you to be great early.
How are you going to do that?
You're going to have to be able to persevere.
So yeah, I learned things at those meetings.
I want to learn about perseverance.
I want to see how, how he reacts to a hard question, not being a jerk to the kid, but I'm able to learn things about these people, you know, and because very quickly they're going to land at an NHL training camp next year.
And there's going to be a 29 year old guy who's on a PTO who's
who's dying for that roster spot, and he's going to make life miserable on you, right?
Oh, Gruelzy's coming in hot.
Years ago in Nashville, I watched Jordan Tutu blow somebody up.
I can't remember who it was right now.
Could have been Cody Franson at the time.
And I thought to myself, oh, my God, what a message that was.
Like a scrimmage game, you know?
It was... And Toots, you know, Toots could hit people hard back then.