John Chayka

And I think it is just important to have really, you know, structured communication.

I think as a leader, there's always, you know, several things going on at any given day and really taking time to pause and, you know, think about, you know, the humans involved and making sure that you're connecting with people on an individual level consistently and meeting them where they are.

You know, everyone's got a life and they got lots of things going on and being considerate of that and continuing to build relationships.

I just think you can't do enough of it.

Maybe.

Yeah, I think that was fair.

I would also just add that, you know, again, it was a stressed situation and we didn't have a lot of margin for error.

And I wore that, I'd say it was important for that franchise to survive and, you know, to get a new arena.

And there were these kind of bigger existential type of factors that I was involved in.

And so I think that that also contributed to some of that.

I just think there's no margin for error in this market to get the ultimate job done of winning the Stanley Cup.

And so, again, I'm less focused on me as an individual and personally, really focused on the organization and achieving our goals.

And, yeah, look, like I said, it's the most coveted job in sports, and it's also the hardest, in my opinion.

And I took this job with eyes wide open that that was the case.

When you look at the team, what has to change?

So good question.

I'll start with what needs to stay, which is I think you can only win with world-class talent and world-class people.

And I think we have some of that.

And so I think it's my job is to take that and surround it with the best and the brightest.

I want to build the best front office we can possibly build, make sure that we're supporting our players.