Kelly McCrimmon

And that'll likely, you know, just in terms of playing against the guys that are your friends for that first time.

I mean, you guys all know that that's different.

So he's got that out of the way.

You know, I don't know how he'll be received.

It's, you know, it's interesting.

In fact, the night we played Toronto, we recognized Nick Waugh, who was with our organization for six or seven years and

And, you know, we did a real nice video tribute.

It gives our fans a chance to show their appreciation.

I think the player really appreciates it.

I know after the game, you know, I went over and shook Nick's hand, wished him well.

The week before, we had Nicholas Haig.

In his return, we did the same thing there.

I think your fans appreciate the chance to, you know, show their appreciation to the player.

So how it'll be here, I guess, remains to be seen.

You know, based on the reception in Vegas, I can't...

tell you exactly what I expect, but the thing that's important for me, just in listening to interviews with players in Toronto and talking to Mitch, is he sure had good relationships with his teammates, which ultimately at the end of the day, you guys played, you know how important that is to a player.

Well, you might think there would be, but it just never works that way.

coaches ride their horses as hard as they can, and those top guys want to play.

So if you go to cut back ice time on a player, that's not real well received.

I think where you'll maybe see it come into play is planning some rest for guys when they return.