Rob Blake

Like in between games, signing autographs for the other team, he'd come in and the, you know, back then there was a table in the middle with a Gatorade and everything.

It wasn't as elaborate setups.

And, you know, the other team would have sticks and hats and jerseys and he'd be signing away and the coach would be coming in and getting ready for the speech.

And it was just great, you know, but it's a different level.

Like he walks in the room and I mean, there was Larry Luke and Dave Taylor's a lot, but when Wayne walked in, you just, everyone just stares.

They just watch him and he knows it too, but he ha he handles himself so well.

So, so good for all of us young guys at that time to learn from.

Yeah.

Same.

But we're fortunate out here, right?

Four o'clock start, uh, you know, with a seven.

That's great.

I remember when I worked at the NHL, I told him that I said, you got to have an office out West.

We were doing supplemental discipline with, with Brendan Shanahan there in New York.

That's a tough gig for an ex-player, right?

Yeah.

It's a little different.

Yeah.

It wasn't a, it was nice to be around and understand it all through the NHL, but the Saturdays of games would start and, you know, the one o'clock games and then you'd have 1030 LA and sure enough be going to overtime.

Yeah.