Troy Stecher

Obviously, Edmonton kind of let me go, which I was disappointed about, but still have a lot of relationships with those guys and

As far as the series, I just think it's pretty free-flowing and kind of open.

Just kind of trading chances back and forth.

But yeah, you did hit it.

They've played a lot of hockey, especially some of their big guys.

Going to the Olympics for Devo and the Four Nations.

It adds up.

I don't really know.

I think...

just opportunity i came in like there's a lot of injuries when i got here and especially to the back end so i i stepped in right away and just played um i felt like i played well the first three four games and from that you just kind of get confidence and i kind of ran with it for i guess six eight weeks there like at the start my game definitely dropped off at a certain point too like i went through a lull um

Not to make an excuse to myself, but just like everybody on our team, it seems like everybody kind of hit a rough patch at a certain point through the season.

My overall assessment of my year is I was proud to prove to the people in the hockey world that I can continue to play.

You kind of doubt yourself sometimes when you're put on waivers.

At the same time, there's no place for any complacency.

I understand that.

You got to strive to be better every single day because somebody's always knocking on the door trying to take your job.

So I was content, I guess, is what you could say.

Yeah, there's obviously a lot of good pieces in Toronto.

First and foremost, how the organization treats you as a player.

We're very fortunate.