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We're like looking at each other at the meeting.

We were super excited because I play with Slava Kozlov.

I play with Vladi and having Igor and Slava Fetisov, my teachers, like I said, we have no idea how it's going to turn out.

But after a warm-up,

I was at ease personally, and I knew we're going to play well together.

We're going to play well as a unit.

But whatever happened afterwards, I had to watch 30 years later when I was the GM here at the Red Army.

Because people ask me questions, I don't have a good memory of it.

But I watched the whole game and I understood we just kept the puck as much as we could and we never throw it anywhere.

Good for Scotty Bowman for allowing you guys that because back then maybe not a lot of coaches would have allowed that.

The thing is what's great for all of us, and obviously, I think Scottie created that idea.

He was a big fan of Soviet Union hockey.

Tarasov days, that's a famous coach in Russia, 10 world championships in a row.

And I don't know how, if that's the truth, I don't know how he talked to management into it.

Because Igor and Slava was on a downhill.

And when I can say that, I guess, no problem.

When Kenny Holland asked me about, should we get Igor or should we get Slava?

I'm like, are you serious?

Can we?

He goes, yeah, yeah.