John Chayka

And we made quite a few in Arizona as we were trying to kind of move that team around and get into a competitive position.

I think the main theme is that whenever you're trying to make a deal or create a transaction, that there's a...

two sides to the equation and you're trying to understand what they're trying to accomplish and you're trying to accomplish something for your club as well.

So by no means am I looking to make friends or anything like that.

I'm trying to do the best thing in the interest of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

That's my loyalties and that's where that lies.

For Edward Rogers and Keith Pelley and the whole staff, that's my focus.

But at the same time, I think in order to get transactions done consistently, you've got to be honest and forthright and direct in your dealings.

And like I said, historically, I've been able to do that.

Yeah, again, that's a good question for Keith.

But from my perspective, I think obviously resources aren't a problem in Toronto.

Again, the directive from Edward Rogers to me is to do whatever it takes to win a Stanley Cup.

I take that seriously.

I think as we think about how we can, again, gain a competitive advantage, it's not just resources, it's being resourceful.

And I think, you know, coming from a place like Arizona, you know, it teaches you a lot about that.

And so, you know, how can you be really disciplined in your decision making, how you can be really disciplined in how you spend money in a cap system, even though you can spend in the cap, it still matters how you spend those dollars.

And so I think combining, you know, resourcefulness with the resources could be a blueprint of, you know, how we continue to evolve the organization and

And, you know, again, I would just say, like, I think there's been a lot of good things done here over the decade, too.

And so we're certainly not looking to throw the baby out with the bathwater in any way, shape or form.

There's a lot of good people that have done a lot of good work over a long period of time.