Troy Stecher

You're not treated that way across the league in many spots, if any other.

So it's a real privilege to be able to be a Maple Leaf in that regard.

I felt very fortunate.

There is obviously a lot of uncertainty around the organization right now.

Would I like to be back?

Yeah, I really enjoyed playing there.

It was a great group of guys, a lot of good players.

We had injuries, obviously, to our captain and our best defensemen.

Not to make excuses, those are two important people that were in our lineup.

And just Toronto in general is just a hockey beast.

How can you not get up for those games to go there and represent that city and understanding how important the magnitude of the Toronto Maple Leafs is in Toronto.

It's very cool to be able to play for them.

It's just little things.

You have player-only bus on the road, which can be great before game or after game, regardless of the results, but it's just the guys there together.

You know, talking.

On the road, you stay overnight in a lot of cities just because they feel like there's a benefit in you getting a better night's rest instead of hopping on a flight and getting into a hotel late.

If you really want to get into it, a lot of teams won't do that just on their budget alone.

You know, you're paying for an extra night at a hotel, then you've got to pay for the plane.

They do everything they can to try to maximize and get the best of every single player.

It's pretty evident.