Mike Babcock
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And just like I'm going to get to know the players and they're going to get to know and we're going to build trust.
And the only way you build trust is by earning it.
And we're going to have to earn it.
Well, I mean, obviously, you know, I said that to my wife.
I said, pretty powerful when you come out of that player meeting and they're saying to you, they want you to be your coach.
But then when I got on the flight with Jackson, they went to see Daryl and we sat down.
And that's where we worked everything out.
And Darryl was committed that I was going to be his coach.
And we were going to go through the process.
And we worked out the way we were going to communicate.
Because that is so important for a management team of any pro sport is to be in line that way.
And to sit back now and look at the process we went through and say, holy, it's a pretty special thing.
And the way Darryl
and his family, Harrison, have stood up
Over this last period of time, I'm beyond impressed to say the least.
So pretty thrilled and pretty grateful.
Well, we're going to pressure like crazy is what I can tell.
And the biggest thing to have success in D zone coverage and D zone is to have numbers at your line.
So this is all going to be determined by how we play in the O zone and how we're not going to lose people and how we're going to be fresh coming back in the D zone.
And then we have not worked out and will not have it worked out exactly how we're going to play in D zone until we do a study on what worked best in the National Hockey League in the last three years in the playoffs.