JP Hurlburt

I think he's just a super smart hockey player, really good at using his brain, his separation, his time and space.

And when he gets that, he's as dangerous as anybody in the world, I think.

So he's someone who I've really watched and, you know,

He has a proven track record of winning family cups recently, and he's someone that's dangerous every single night on the ice.

So I think he's super fun to watch, and just also his confidence in the way he plays is just super intriguing to me.

Yeah, there were a lot.

I think the WHL and, you know, the CHL is the best junior hockey league in the world.

You know, providing NHL talent and producing it and developing players and stuff.

For me, it was just a really, really easy pick.

And being able to go to Kamloops, you know, it was such a great opportunity.

And you look at the team we had playing with guys who've been drafted.

You know, Harrison Brunick, he just played NHL games.

It was just kind of super cool to be a part of such a unique locker room.

For sure.

Those are two guys who I've been playing against since I was 12 years old, having to travel a lot and

Um, obviously you build super, super amazing relationships, um, at the national program.

You're at the rink there every single day and everybody's in the same position.

And so those are guys, you know, I still talk to, um, I'll be with Colin at the combine and has his roommates.

So it's just little things that like that, that, you know, you cherish.

And of course, at the end of the day, we're, we're competing and, um, but we're, we do a great job of maintaining our relationship at the same time.