Yannick Hansen

It might not be your opinion, you might have voiced it, but again, it's their decision in the end.

And then you go with it and then make the best of it.

But once you get in the driver's seat,

You're determining the direction, the picks and all those things.

Sometimes at a draft, there's a lot of players available and scouts might have one favorite, others might have another.

And then that's where the general manager is like, I'm picking one.

Him or him.

And then we judge you based on results like everything else in this business.

If you're successful, if your picks, if your signings, if the development pans out, then you're successful.

If not, then it's a short-lived job opportunity and another one will arise.

Well, you can always, like, it's hard to say that because the team will have to play how it's constructed.

So I have an idea and an understanding.

I was like, this is how I want my team to play.

This is how I wish the Canucks would play.

But if the players on the roster aren't situated forward, you cannot do it.

The Phoenix that we played against, the Minnesota that I played against early in my career, those teams were successful way as well, not in an entertaining way, but that wasn't because the players there were those type of players.

They were defensively minded players, structured players, yes, salary cap and all those things, but

Depending on your roster, you've got to play to their strengths.

So once we show up here in September, October, and you start looking at the roster, and okay, there's quite a bit of skill here.

We've added some young guys.