Kevin Woodley

And then when we see pucks bouncing all over the place, like it actually, I think maybe worked in the talk at era when you were trying to slow things down.

Yeah.

If you're going to, if you're going to, if you're going to play a skilled game at some point that also needs to be addressed.

And that's another thing that, you know, I've heard from players coming back,

but also just consistently over the years from visiting teams.

Although, again, to their credit, I know there were some changes there.

This past year was probably the least amount of bitching and whining I heard from visiting teams about having to totally change the way their skates are set up just based on the ice.

I'm totally impressed.

And that's why I'm not going to lose my mind if there's no announcement by Wednesday.

There is a lot of heavy lifting to be done here.

No question.

But I think you have a lot of trust.

in the people, in their work rate, in the quality of their character to get it done right.

Even if there will be some speed bumps along, nobody bats a thousand in this league, right?

Like there's going to have to be some patience here.

And maybe for the first time at the highest levels of the organization, there's an understanding of the need for patience or willingness to accept the need for patience.

But like, is there bias here because of,

Because we know the Sedins and Ryan Johnson?

Perhaps, but I think it's more of a bias because we know what they are as people.

I used to spend a lot more time out in Abbotsford than I did this past season, but was asked to go out there and cover games and write features off of the run of the Calder Cup.