Landon Ferraro

Like that is the easier switch.

But at the same time, if a kid has played in the middle his entire life and he doesn't have an interest in changing, it's not going to work.

And it doesn't matter if you lay it out for him and it makes all the sense in the world.

If he doesn't think he can do it, he can't do it.

So you need to know that stuff before you draft them, before you get them into your system so that you know what you're working with, you know what their limitations are, what they're comfortable with.

Yeah.

Again, like you said, once you have them, you can push their envelope a little bit and try and figure out things that maybe they don't even know about their own game.

But I think that goes to when you're trying to draft for a position or you're

You're trying to hang, to be honest, where the Canucks have been for a number of years.

And you're just trying to hold on.

Well, before you know it, you start taking shortcuts in different spots, trying to make things work.

And out of that, the shortcuts start falling into how you work in the gym, how you work in different areas, because you're worried about so many different things.

And, you know, it's easy to say, well, you know, that's the managers and coaches that worry about that.

The players just need to play.

when things are going on around you, it doesn't matter how much of a pro you are.

It's your work.

It's your livelihood.

You're paying attention to all those moves and what's going on.

Right.

So, you know, it's like they've said repeatedly since the Sedins and RJ have been hired and now Manny of sticking to the plan, being patient, being direct with the guys, making sure that every single day they come in and out of that dressing room, they know exactly what's,