Ryan Johnson
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I think we were able to take a few days to really sit down and talk and what was best for this organization at the moment.
Evan was very impressive.
I mean, he has a good relationship with Ryan, too.
And so, I mean, in the end, we decided to go with Ryan because we think he can guide this franchise to a better place.
To Arti's point, to do this as fast as possible, we've got to be very careful and go slow.
I think that's the fastest way to get to where we want to be.
We've got the full support from ownership.
They are putting in and giving us all the resources to do whatever we want and need to make this as fast as possible, but to not do it too fast.
So that means whatever helps us do this with the right timing, they're going to support.
I mean, just looking back 26 years ago, when we flew into the city, Brian Burke told us that this was the number one organization in the league when it comes to community involvement.
And we need to get to that point.
We should be the number one organization in the NHL when it comes to community involvement.
We're going to ask our players to do a lot.
I think it's so important for us as players when we did those things.
I think it puts perspective in life.
I think fans will respect that.
You might have a bad game here and there, but if you're out, you do the work in the community, I think they can certainly buy into what we're trying to be.
That's a big part of the connected piece as well.
We've got to bring that back and...