John Chayka

I think they all have kind of the same principles and fundamentals.

Really strong goaltending, great back end, you know, game breakers up front.

Those are kind of the table stakes.

I think a lot of these things that are talked about, whether it's speed of the game or heaviness, grit, snarl, snot, whatever you want to call it, those are all elements you have to have in your game.

But I think as you get through these playoff matchups, you have to have some versatility in order to match up well and ultimately get on to the next round.

Yeah, I don't really see it that way.

I think from my perspective, my job as general manager is to generally manage, and that means that every day there's lots of decisions made, and there's not one person making those decisions.

I think it's important to have an amazing group that collaborates, that puts all the information on the table, no ego, and the best idea should win.

And if that's my idea, that's great, but oftentimes it's not going to be.

And if it is, we've got a problem.

So, you know, Matt's got a big voice.

He's got a lot of thoughts on what, you know, he thinks needs to be done.

I'm going to listen to that and obviously take it extremely seriously and vice versa.

You know, I think we've got a lot of respect for each other and we're going to, you know, bounce ideas off here with the end goal of what's the best for the organization.

Look, we're going to get together in person and we're going to walk through everything.

And, yeah, I think it'll be really important to understand, you know, his thoughts on the roster and, you know, his vision of what he sees going on in the future.

Obviously, it was a tough season.

He knows that.

He said it himself.

And, you know, he has ideas of ways he wants to get better.