Rob Blake

So before, I think he was GM in San Jose and then, and then he came here and he, he studied the baseball model on the development.

Right.

So that's kind of when I first met you, you know, we were in Manchester at that time.

And, uh, Mike Stothers was a coach, was a great coach and you could leave the

that team for three or four weeks and not worry.

Mike had it on and then we'd come down.

And I remember coming to one of the first few times in Manchester, kind of, you know, older building, older rink and a coach's office.

And you'd walk down the hall and the players and you guys would be getting dressed there.

And I remember we came off from practice and

Sat around with Coach Stuthers and talking to him, and I'm leaving, and the doors are closed to the dressing room, and all the guys are still in there.

And I'm like, Stutz, I said, what, they got a team meeting or something?

He goes, no, Biz is holding a candle in there telling stories about the NHL.

But it made me realize.

You're like, end this, end this.

But it made me realize that these kids need it, right?

These young kids have these examples and they want to know what the NHL is like.

And, you know, Biz, you provided that.

We felt it was so important to have a good veteran.

You know, once Biz was left, Brett Sutter came in and he ran it here for six or seven years.

It was awesome.