Manny Malhotra

We're going to use those same words in our process, but the guys are going to have a very clear definition as to what those things mean on the daily.

What is our standard about?

What does compete mean to us?

What does accountability look like on the daily basis?

What does it look like on the bench?

So I think implementing...

that level of understanding of what these words are going to mean to our group will give us a much clearer path as to how we're going to navigate this and get out of it.

It was a very humbling year, and you understand that winning is difficult.

Winning consistently is very difficult.

The takeaways were, as I talked about having quality body language and energy,

you have to live it.

You know, it's very easy to be in a great mood when things are going well and you're winning playoff rounds and everybody's on a high.

It's the ability to find that energy and present the right body language when things aren't going right.

And for us as a staff, we knew we were in a much different predicament.

But our focus was to maintain that same level of emotion, the same level of preparation, the same level of energy coming to the rink every day.

And I think that messaging got through to the guys.

And obviously, the record didn't show it.

We didn't quite have the season that we did the year before.

Within our facility and within the growth of some of our young guys, you could see that the same lessons that were applied in year one being applied in year two.

You did see the growth and development.