Rob Blake

They're going to play a little harder.

Oh, fucking right.

No, I was fortunate.

Right, right into it.

Nice.

You know, I watch it now and I see these young kids come in and, and, you know, we're very careful when we're in management, putting them in.

They were playing.

I was thrown out in different situations.

I mean, playing the point on the power play and Wayne Gretzky's on the half wall.

Yeah, but he would always tell me to shoot.

But the only thing that would get mad at me is if I miss the net.

It was like, Adam, you got to hit the net.

You got to hit it.

If I'm going to give you the puck, you got to hit the net.

And you'll learn early on if you want to get it from the best player in the world, make sure you're hitting the net.

Yeah.

You know, I, I, I kind of felt it during the year there was contract stuff going on and there, we weren't able to get anything done at, you know, early on in the season.

And then there was lots of talk in that.

And then,

Uh, I remember the also it was, it was after the all-star game that I got traded, but the all-star game was a little bit earlier.