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What's up everybody? Welcome back to
another episode of the Average to
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Savage podcasts. Our special guest
today is Buddy Robinson, buddy, how's
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it going? Good man. Thanks for having
me today. Yeah, I appreciate you coming
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on. Let's just let's just go back in
time like what was your first memory of
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playing hockey? Damn. I used to uh,
there's a ring around the corner here
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um The old Coliseum where the flyers
back in like early 90s were practiced
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and add just around the corner. I think
it was before he's and my dad used to
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take me there just to skate and kind of
fell in love with again there and he,
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he liked it. So he kind of got me and
my brother into it and he just taught
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us how to escape the first couple of
times and then saw we had a little bit
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of a knack for it. So I brought us over
to holly dale and got us some like
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learned a scalar into play program.
Kind of just went from there. Yeah,
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Yeah for sure. Um What about like did
you play any other sports growing up?
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Oh yeah. Baseball, soccer. I love
baseball. Like If you would have gone
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back to my 10 year old self, baseball
would have been to play. I was the
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first your baseball guy but hockey just
kind of kept growing and growing and
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then eventually I had to pick one in
high school and it was hockey uh felt I
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had a better chance at it. For sure.
Yeah I know hockey. You got a lot of
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early mornings like what was that like
you guys are kids just like traveling
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all over. I can't imagine now I'm
pushing 30 and I'm like thinking about
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my own kids coming on like damn like
when I have kids it's gonna be nuts. My
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parents were crazy waking up at four am
to take me in the dead of winter into a
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hockey rink and sit there and watch
some kids fall over the ice but you
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know, appreciate what they did because
it worked out. But man, it was, there's
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some early morning, you're, you're
walking into the rink half dressed,
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it's 4 30 you're excited, you're happy
to be there and all the parents sharing
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up in the stands and started to lean
towards outside now. Yeah, definitely.
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And now I always ask everybody that's
like a pro athlete like what, like I
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know you kind of mentioned it like you
picked hockey in high school like over
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baseball and things like that. Like
when did you know like was there a
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moment that you knew you were like
better than the rest or like something
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like that? It was kind of weird like my
career was strange growing up, I was I
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was bigger than everyone when I was
really young. You know like that 5678
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year old range. And then I kind of
stopped. So like my preteen early
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teenage years I was like 57 freshmen in
high school and everyone was just
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bigger more mature than me. So I was
like damn I'm not gonna be able to keep
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up. And then I think everyone knew I
was going to grow eventually like these
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big hands and big feet as like a 13
year old. So eventually I grew the body,
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the body caught up. And then um in high
school is kind of where I started
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realizing okay maybe I can play a
little bit at a higher level and got
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picked up by a junior team. And uh the
OPI in Canada used to be the O. P. J. H.
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L. The Hamilton red wings and I thought
I'd give it a shot instead of college
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definitely wasn't mature enough for
college yet at 18 years old down here.
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So um it was good I took a little bit
of time to play some junior hockey and
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kind of took off from there just never
really was looking to the NHL it was
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just always like alright next step is
available right? College college once
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you know? Okay now there's a chance for
pro so just kind of took it one level
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at a time. Yeah for those that don't
know you're 66 right? Yeah 6 6-30. So I
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got a frame yeah for sure. Um And then
yeah just going to like junior hockey
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could you just like explain to people
that don't understand like don't know
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like you went to junior hockey. I know
I know what you mean, but you went to
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junior hockey into college. Yeah so
junior hockey is like this it's um kind
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of a middle ground for guys who want to
play college hockey but um aren't quite
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ready to go right away after high
school. So you got like two or three
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years of eligibility to play junior A.
They call it, it's not you know the O.
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H. L. Or the Q. J. H. L. Or the WHL out
west. It's like it's considered Jr in
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the United States we have the U. S. H.
L. The NHL and candidates like the O. P.
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And then every province has their own
uh their own junior league. So it's
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kind of just this league where everyone
plays nobody's really in high school
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anymore. And um college scouts will
come watch you and then you you know if
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you're lucky enough like myself, you
get some interest from some division
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one, division three colleges and uh you
have a couple of choices and you make
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one and uh that's where you go to
school, you can sign a letter of intent
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out of junior, just like any other
sport, but Hockey is little different.
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You can be a 21 year old freshman
rather than, you know, like 17, 18
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years old. So it's so it's a little
funny going into school and you're
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meeting all your classmates and they're
all 18 and you're 21 and but it's a
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good experience though and you know,
you play a lot of video games, play a
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lot of hockey and just kinda that's
kind of where the term, you know,
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living the dream comes from. So just
out there playing some hockey and
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taking it one day at a time to join
life. Yeah. Yeah, I remember being in
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college and I had like retake this
class and it was like a freshman class
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and I was sitting next to hockey kid
and he was 21 I was 22. I was a senior
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and he was a freshman and I was just
like, yeah, I was like, I can't even
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imagine like, yeah, you feel behind a
little bit, but it's good. At least you
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can buy a beer if you want to while
you're in school. Yeah. Yeah,
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definitely. And then, yeah, what was it
like? I know you're a veteran now in
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Canada, but like what was it like when
you first moved to Canada? Was it like
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kind of like a colder shock? Yeah, for
sure it was this was OO nine, so like
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cell phones, everything around, but
there was no roaming, there was no like
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international plan. So my first year
junior funny enough I had no car and no
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phone. I was just out there playing
video games and going to practice every
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day. That's kind of what we had, it's
called a billet family. So this family
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that's close to the team and they host
you and you just kind of live with them
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and eat what they cook. And I was a
picky eater. So that was tough for me.
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But um I broke through that and you
know, just get a ride to the rink every
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morning with your teammate and come
home when he's ready, play your games
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and move on. Just, you know, just keep
busy and making some friends. But no,
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no phone, no uh no car. So it's tough
to explore. But it was definitely cool
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to be a part of like uh you know,
hockey cold drop in Canada. So it's
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still really cool to be a part of that.
Yeah. Yeah. That's funny just to think
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about like we're the same, we're the
same age pretty much. And it's funny
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just think about like 10 years ago how
phones weren't even like this guy. Yeah
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like how much further it's coming. You
know like there's no roaming, you can
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call, you make a call at 6 58 you're
gonna get charged $100 if you call in
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the States, you know, wait till seven
PM to call. It's so funny. Um. Yeah and
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then what what was it, what was your
recruiting process like to college?
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Yeah, so I went to a lake superior
state in Susan re michigan all the way
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up there at the U. P. That that was
culture shock coming from like suburbs
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of philadelphia and then you're going
up to a little town with 10,000 people.
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But um it was good like the recruiting
was just you know you play you play
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some hockey and you know the scouts are
there every night and you're just
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hoping to impress a couple of them
during the season. And how it normally
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goes is like they'll send the assistant
coach out and if he likes you, you know,
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they'll bring the other assistant coach
out and then they'll have a chat with
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you after and they are like keep
playing good, we'll be in touch and
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then eventually you know that The head
coach will come down and if you like 20
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cities and they reach out and then they
want to bring you on a visit. So just
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like most sports you'll have your
official recruiting visit and you will
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fly in or your dry. I drove, I was
close enough to drive. So then you see
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the campus and catch a game, hang out
with the guys afterwards and normally
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their job is to do their best to
recruit you to the school and I'll show
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you a good time. So I had a good time.
I, uh, my recruiting trip and signed my
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little antenna a week later. Gotcha. So
you're just, you're just one and done.
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You just visit one school? Yeah, it was
just one school. I kind of knew what I
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knew what I liked. Told me to give it a
couple of days. I think I think it over,
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but I enjoyed the, uh, the guys there
so much and then they showed me a great
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time and just like the whole culture
there was, it was nice and it was fun
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school, really small compared to what
I'm used to back here, the city suburb
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living. So it was good. It was a really
good time and uh, cold though,
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definitely very cold. Yeah. And then,
um, so like, well like after your, you
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were there for two years. So like your,
it was your senior year quote unquote I
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guess. Um, like what, what, what was
your expectations like for like the NHL
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and things like that. You really didn't,
you know, I came into college happy to
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be there. You know, the Vision one,
this is cool. I got the play and that
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was when I was playing every game and
kind of on one of the top couple lines
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freshman and sophomore year and then I
saw more season ended in um college.
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You have family advisors are called. So
they have like, like a friend of mine
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who I met my junior experience, He give
me a call after myself here and said,
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hey, you got some interests from the
NHL, the Ottawa senators are calling
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and they want to see if you want to
leave school early. So same idea, they
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flew me out to Ottawa, um, for a little
visit and of course, you know, they
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roll the red carpet out bells and
whistles, Welcome the NHL and I
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couldn't sign on that dotted line fast
enough. Um, it was, it was hard. It was
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hard to leave school. Obviously you're,
you're leaving a bunch of friends and
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you know, you spend every day with
these guys for two years and then you
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leave like just like that. So that was
tough. But you get an opportunity to,
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to live your dream. You know, you gotta,
you gotta jump on that. So it was great.
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I think to send a lot for four years,
3.5 years with them and it was good,
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gave me a good shot and you know, happy
to still be playing. Yeah, for sure. So
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yeah, you spent like four seasons in
the NHL then you get you got called up
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during the 1516 season. What was that
like to get called up to the NHL? Yeah,
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it was definitely a grind, you know, 3,
4 years h L just grinding away,
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grinding away. It's it's a tough tough
road down there because everyone is
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fighting for the same job and once you
get that call you got a chance to play,
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it's it's kind of surreal, right?
You're you signed that contract to be
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in the NHL and then you know, you're
you gotta work for it to get up and
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once you get called up it's it's kind
of surreal and it's definitely a lot of
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incentives and want to stay. So you
work hard just to make sure that you
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can stick there one day and it's uh
it's a different lifestyle man, you
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treated great and everything is uh
everything's great so it's it makes you
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want to work hard and to make sure
you're sticking their. Yeah. Yeah for
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sure. What is like what's like HL life
like? Is it like because I know like
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I'm thinking like minor league baseball
but like H. L. Is like triple A.
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Basically to yeah you're right there so
you're right there and it's it's very
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similar to what I was explaining to
junior hockey. Like you know it's pro
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hockey, you're playing in the second
best league in the world. Um Your one
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call away from being the NHL the next
night so you're just doing everything
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you can your nightly basis, you know
that there's teams watching, it doesn't
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have to be your team, you get traded at
any time. You know, I've gone through
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that myself once and that's definitely
interesting and You just won't call
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away. So you know during the days you
wake up you got your 11:00 practice,
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10:00 practice. A lot of teams right
around that time and then after that
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it's just killing time again. You're
you know, you work out your home
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normally buy one or two every day and
you know, hang out with your teammates,
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get some lunch and I don't know just do
your best to stay busy. It's a pretty
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free it's a pretty free schedule in the
american league that you're playing
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mostly weekend games and you've got
monday through thursday to just
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practice and then hang out during the
week. So we spent a lot of time of your
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teammates that you get close like that.
Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Yeah, I mean
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you've been, you've been consistent
through your HL career, just like, like
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just looking at your numbers, like what
keeps you uh consistent, I just like
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learning my game right? Like I grew,
you know, it was there was an
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adjustment period from college to pro
and figuring out like I'm not this, you
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know, skill guy dangle everybody around,
you know, like I'm not that that suit
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guy out there on the ice anymore, like
I used to be able to when I was younger,
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you just, you know, use my body get to
the front of that and it's just, you
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know, that's just how I got to score my
goals, get my points and that's how I'm
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going to produce, lay the body, hit,
some people make some noise, make, make
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sure everyone knows him out there and
then bang a couple of greasy goals home
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in front. So that's just kind of where
I like to live and get a couple of
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bouncing off your legs or your, but
that's always a plus. Yeah, for sure.
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What about, who was your, who's your
first NHL goal against and what was
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that feeling like? First goal against
was Al Montoya, I think for the florida
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panthers, we were playing in Ottawa is
my second game Ever in the NHL were
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playing in Ottawa and the night before
was my first game, of course, right
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nervous his house to penalties -1, not
the best start you're gonna have. So
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I'm all nervous, I'm not gonna get to
play again. And the next night I go out
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there and I was able to get a goal is
just um tip in. I was just stand in
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front, like I said, it just getting to
the front of the net and just got a
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piece of a puck and deflected one
basket. And then after that it was just
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black because it was, it was a surreal
moment. And then, you know, I got the
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puck, it's actually my office somewhere
over there, but I got the puck and they
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made a nice little frame for me and
it's just uh just waiting to put it up
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on the wall somewhere. I just moved
into a new place last summer, so still
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remodeling a little bit. Yeah, that's
awesome. And then, yeah, I know you
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went through a few free agencies and
you're currently, you said you're in
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one right now. What are, what are those
like and like what is it like to move
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around to a new team Stressful. Um so
we've got a few more days here, it's
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free agency in July 28. Um Normally
start getting a, you know, a couple of
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feelers here and their teams are
interested or what's going on. I'm
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hoping to be back with Calgary, enjoyed
my time three years over with them and
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uh I feel like it's a good fit for me,
but for ages he's always progress for,
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you never know like right now there's
no job and I'm just hoping to, you know,
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get get that phone call that you're
going back for another year or you know,
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maybe a two year deal is it's always
nice, a little security. But for
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agencies always exciting and nervous at
the same time because you get a call
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from whoever you're going here, you
know, pack your bags, you're off to a
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new city. So it's exciting. But also
nerve wracking because sometimes you're
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going to a team where you don't know
anyone don't know any coaches are just
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flying in there blind and it's tough
but part of the gig and just kind of
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move on with it. Yeah. Yeah definitely.
And then tell me about these last like
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two seasons with like Covid. I know
it's been like crazy like what is what
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is like protocol and like I know even
Canada was like shut down like what was
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that like for you? Oh yeah like so
Qatar North division this past year was
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complete lockdown. It was they were
pretty much you know we all understood
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it was just the way it was going to.
Canada was a little bit more strict
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than the U. S. So pretty much as
begging us to stay in our places and
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work like so rink and home pretty much
it like they were very adamant about
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that don't no hanging out on the side
and no going to the you know the movie
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theatres or restaurants or anything
like that open so just don't go
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anywhere. Don't do anything stupid.
Don't get a shutdown please. It's
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pretty much what the what the message
was all year just don't get a shutdown.
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So every day you go in and you have
your covid test up the nose down the
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throat and go on to the rink and then
you you don't breathe for a few hours
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until you get your results back and
then you're clear and then the next day
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you do it all over again. So it
definitely got a little tired and
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getting that you know that q tip shoved
up your nose every day. But it is what
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it is. We're fortunate enough that we
were able to play so uh definitely
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lucky you know, to at least get the
season and at that point, yeah,
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definitely. Were you guys in a bubble?
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Um kind of yeah, so like we only played
the North Division, so we only played
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encounter, we only, we played the six
other teams,
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I felt like 100 times each saw them
every other day, but it was technically
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not a bubble, but it was like you
couldn't, you know, kind of, it was
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just shut down so you really couldn't
go anywhere anyway. If you wanted to
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like order food pretty much every night
or order your groceries and you know,
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to the ranking home every day, go for
your walk. I'm just trying to kill some
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time during the day. Yeah, yeah,
definitely. Now your brother, eric is
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also in the NHL, what is it like to, to
have a brother? And then it's like two,
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you're both brothers, sibling jealous
so much better now. Super super proud
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like hey I'm a few years older than I
was so like our whole lives it was just
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like I was doing everything first, you
know, I was, you know, growing, I was
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big, he was little and then I was
moving on to junior hockey and he was
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still playing club because just a few
years younger so everyone wants to know
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what I was doing, what like what am I
up to him out to now just to see him
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like succeed and just blow every
expectation out of the water. It's just
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it's awesome, it's a proud older
brother moment and uh watch every game
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I can of his and he's just getting
better and better so he's uh he's gonna
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have a nice long career there and
hopefully the people in columbus get to
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enjoy him for his whole career because
I know he loves it there. Um I know the
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fans love him and he just just awesome.
He's doing a great job and could be
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more proud. Would you would you ever
want to play with him? Oh yeah. I mean
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I'd love to. Well see that's that's
about columbus. They know they like him.
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I don't know, they know about me go it
could be a little awkward to be rolling
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in here trying to take a take a job
from someone. So uh we'll leave. That
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may be the end of the career. Maybe get
a sniff somewhere with them or at least
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to play against some of the season.
Would be pretty cool. We've missed each
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other twice now. So uh just to play
against this season would be pretty
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cool if if we can make that happen.
Yeah. you gotta do the Jersey exchange.
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Yeah exactly. Do they do that? They do
that? You don't do that NHL do they
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cost too much man? It's a Trainers will
kill you come back with no jersey,
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they're gonna be like what the hell is
going on? I need to check for 300 bucks,
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please. Thank you.
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Can be given those things away. Um Yeah,
then just like uh what what keeps you
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motivated just because you've been in
the NHL I met in the NHL so long and
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then getting called up, sent down and
called up. Yeah, I think like I said
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the lifestyle man, it's just you get
treated like gold, you know, you're in
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the NHL and you're you're on that
pedestal, especially the Canadian
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market where you know, you're you're in
front of all these people or at least
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last year and on tv you know, they're
tuning in its rivalry games all the
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time in Canada, like it's just another
atmosphere up there. So you just want
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to be a part of that and you want to be
a, a part of that. Um, the atmosphere,
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like I said, just playing in front of
those electric fans and Canadian fans
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are crazy and it's just a fun time. So
you know, the cities, you go to your
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traveling all the time, like in a
normal season, you get to go to great
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cities and explore, you know, good
restaurants and it's just a good
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lifestyle and uh, you know, it doesn't
last forever. So you definitely want to
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take advantage of it what you're lucky
enough to play at this level and um,
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just make it last as long as possible
because like I said, retirement is
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pretty early in the, in the hockey
world compared to a real life. Yeah
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definitely. Um What advice would you
give to a young player Like you they're
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trying to get like a D. One scholarship
or trying to go pro. I just have fun
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especially younger kids like if your
your high school or just before like
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just you know played multiple sports
being athlete, not a hockey player, you
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know like learn how to do other things,
play other sports just and enjoy it.
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You know if you're if you're good
enough like they'll find you, I play
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double a hockey my whole life growing
up and it's nothing, you know, it's
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nothing crazy compared to the leaves I
got going on now, kids are traveling
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all over the country playing hockey.
You know if you're if you're good
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enough someone will be there, someone
will find you. Um And just trying to
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distress, It's funny me saying that
because that's all I did was stress.
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That's all I still do is stress, but
just trying to distress and just, you
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know, enjoy it, enjoy the ride. And uh
if you're good enough, you'll you'll
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get seen and you'll be in the right
situation.
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Yeah, for sure. And then just going
back to your brother, do you guys like
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call each other up and let's like go go
through like any like plays and stuff
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like, or like just like, like for
advice for each other, stuff like that.
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Yeah, I'll call them every once in a
while like during the season it's hard,
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you know, like they slipped by,
especially last year, you're playing
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every every other night, every every
two nights in a row, you know, stuff
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like that. But like, I tried to watch
most of his games because luckily he's
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on the East Coast and I had Two hour
time difference. So his games are
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started like, you know, 5:00, which is
kind of nice get to see him play or um,
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but yeah, I'll give him a call, not too
much advice, but just like tell him
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he's doing good or maybe a thing here
there if I think, you know, I could
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help. Like I said, he's better than me
at this point. So I'm calling my
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younger brother for advice at this
point. But, But yeah, just advice you
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something. It's an easy game on TV,
right? It's an easy game from the
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stands. So I'm like, yeah, just do this
next time. Okay. Yeah, do that 100 mph.
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Yeah. We keep in touch a lot though. We
watch each other's games and it's, it's,
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we got a good relationship. That's
awesome. Are you ready for some fun
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questions? Let's do it. What's your
favorite song right now? Favorite song?
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Damn. Right now. Oh, got me. I think I
like that new Bieber one. Honestly, I'm
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a big Bieber guy. I don't know. Not
many, not many guys will admit that.
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But I like the beaver song with
anything country. Sorry. Yeah. With the
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kids. Leroi. Yeah. That guy's blown up
though. Yeah, I know. I'm not like uh
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you know, new music? I'm not too good.
I'm not good at, I just got my old
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playlist. But I like that song. I like
the new, that edge hearing songs pretty
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good. That just came out. I can tell
you the name of it, but it comes on. I
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feel that's how I'm, I'm just like, I
don't know who the artist is. I don't
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know really the song. I don't know the
name. I can I can sing the popular part.
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Right? That's definitely about like, uh,
what's your what's your favorite food
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in Canada? Like maybe something new
that you discovered. Oh, something new.
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Nothing new. But a lot of places out
and kind of like, you know, Vancouver
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even even Calgary's got great sushi,
like Toronto, great sushi place. I was
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trying to find a good sushi places when
I'm on the road and expecting that.
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Yeah, I know. Crazy, right Calgary. I
know. Middle, middle of the country.
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You wouldn't expect it, But really good
sushi places there and then you go to
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Vancouver and it's automatic. You're
right there on the water and I love the
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sushi up there. Make sure guys make it
a point to get the sushi when you're in
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Vancouver. All right, well, if I'm in
Canada, I'm going to check it out,
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Check it out. Or message me first and
then I'll tell you if you're in the
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right suit, you're not Yeah. The only
I've only been to Montreal, I believe.
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Yeah. Yeah. And also they got good
steaks up there to the Canadian on the
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Canadian beef. A lot of good steaks up
there to have a simple, simple answer.
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But you know, could have gone with like
a routine, but I don't really need it
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too much. You know, the fries and gravy
even with the cheese kurds, but I don't
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need that too much. No, I mean, I like
sushi and steak. So this bill. So there
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you go. What do you like to do in your
free time when you're not playing
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hockey? And we got a lot of still a lot
of buddies that play some Xbox together.
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We still play forward or Call of Duty
and stuff like that. Like a lot of
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teammates, a lot of guys in the league
still play video games and it's a good,
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good uh, time killer. Also like cooking
a lot too big time in the kitchen. Yeah,
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I'll do anything. I always learned.
What's your favorite meal to cook?
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Favorite meal? I like making a beef
wellington. It's a grind. Yeah, it
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takes a little while, but I really like,
you know, like the pastry wrapped filet
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mignon and you know, you got the
mushrooms and prosciutto inside. It's
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really, really good. Takes a little
while. But I like making that stuff. I
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like I watch a lot of Gordon Ramsay
Youtube videos. Yeah, we'll get to him
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are hilarious. Yeah, we'll get we'll
send this to him and see if he's
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watching. All right, well, tell me send
me some tips, definitely. What about
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you guys playing it? Like you guys play
NHL uh, here and there. I got a couple
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of teammates play so we'll just jump on.
You know what? Like NHL FIFA, I used to
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play these games religiously in the
american league and binghamton with
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some of my roommates. And I just got to
the point where I was losing sleep over
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losing to these guys and like make bets
on the stupidest things like running
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down the street. All right. You lose,
go pick up dinner. And I found myself
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losing all the important games. So I
was I had to quit playing the one on
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one games again. HL and FIFA. So I
stick to the shooter games now just by
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myself and just if I'm playing on their
team, fine. I can't play against people.
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I'm too competitive. I start throwing
stuff broke a few controllers that
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season. So I wean myself off of the NHL
FIFA. I got you. Well, I appreciate you
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coming on and best of luck next season.
Obviously we'll definitely stay in
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touch and be in touch and see where you
go next. Yeah, absolutely. Thanks for
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having really appreciate it. Okay. Yeah.
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What's up everybody? Welcome back to
another episode of the Average to
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Savage podcasts. Our special guest
today is Buddy Robinson, buddy, how's
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it going? Good man. Thanks for having
me today. Yeah, I appreciate you coming
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on. Let's just let's just go back in
time like what was your first memory of
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playing hockey? Damn. I used to uh,
there's a ring around the corner here
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um The old Coliseum where the flyers
back in like early 90s were practiced
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and add just around the corner. I think
it was before he's and my dad used to
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take me there just to skate and kind of
fell in love with again there and he,
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he liked it. So he kind of got me and
my brother into it and he just taught
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us how to escape the first couple of
times and then saw we had a little bit
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of a knack for it. So I brought us over
to holly dale and got us some like
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learned a scalar into play program.
Kind of just went from there. Yeah,
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Yeah for sure. Um What about like did
you play any other sports growing up?
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Oh yeah. Baseball, soccer. I love
baseball. Like If you would have gone
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back to my 10 year old self, baseball
would have been to play. I was the
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first your baseball guy but hockey just
kind of kept growing and growing and
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then eventually I had to pick one in
high school and it was hockey uh felt I
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had a better chance at it. For sure.
Yeah I know hockey. You got a lot of
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early mornings like what was that like
you guys are kids just like traveling
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all over. I can't imagine now I'm
pushing 30 and I'm like thinking about
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my own kids coming on like damn like
when I have kids it's gonna be nuts. My
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parents were crazy waking up at four am
to take me in the dead of winter into a
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hockey rink and sit there and watch
some kids fall over the ice but you
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know, appreciate what they did because
it worked out. But man, it was, there's
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some early morning, you're, you're
walking into the rink half dressed,
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it's 4 30 you're excited, you're happy
to be there and all the parents sharing
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up in the stands and started to lean
towards outside now. Yeah, definitely.
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And now I always ask everybody that's
like a pro athlete like what, like I
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know you kind of mentioned it like you
picked hockey in high school like over
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baseball and things like that. Like
when did you know like was there a
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moment that you knew you were like
better than the rest or like something
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like that? It was kind of weird like my
career was strange growing up, I was I
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was bigger than everyone when I was
really young. You know like that 5678
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year old range. And then I kind of
stopped. So like my preteen early
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teenage years I was like 57 freshmen in
high school and everyone was just
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bigger more mature than me. So I was
like damn I'm not gonna be able to keep
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up. And then I think everyone knew I
was going to grow eventually like these
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big hands and big feet as like a 13
year old. So eventually I grew the body,
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the body caught up. And then um in high
school is kind of where I started
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realizing okay maybe I can play a
little bit at a higher level and got
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picked up by a junior team. And uh the
OPI in Canada used to be the O. P. J. H.
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L. The Hamilton red wings and I thought
I'd give it a shot instead of college
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definitely wasn't mature enough for
college yet at 18 years old down here.
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So um it was good I took a little bit
of time to play some junior hockey and
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kind of took off from there just never
really was looking to the NHL it was
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just always like alright next step is
available right? College college once
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you know? Okay now there's a chance for
pro so just kind of took it one level
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at a time. Yeah for those that don't
know you're 66 right? Yeah 6 6-30. So I
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got a frame yeah for sure. Um And then
yeah just going to like junior hockey
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could you just like explain to people
that don't understand like don't know
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like you went to junior hockey. I know
I know what you mean, but you went to
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junior hockey into college. Yeah so
junior hockey is like this it's um kind
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of a middle ground for guys who want to
play college hockey but um aren't quite
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ready to go right away after high
school. So you got like two or three
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years of eligibility to play junior A.
They call it, it's not you know the O.
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H. L. Or the Q. J. H. L. Or the WHL out
west. It's like it's considered Jr in
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the United States we have the U. S. H.
L. The NHL and candidates like the O. P.
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And then every province has their own
uh their own junior league. So it's
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kind of just this league where everyone
plays nobody's really in high school
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anymore. And um college scouts will
come watch you and then you you know if
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you're lucky enough like myself, you
get some interest from some division
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one, division three colleges and uh you
have a couple of choices and you make
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one and uh that's where you go to
school, you can sign a letter of intent
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out of junior, just like any other
sport, but Hockey is little different.
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You can be a 21 year old freshman
rather than, you know, like 17, 18
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years old. So it's so it's a little
funny going into school and you're
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meeting all your classmates and they're
all 18 and you're 21 and but it's a
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good experience though and you know,
you play a lot of video games, play a
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lot of hockey and just kinda that's
kind of where the term, you know,
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living the dream comes from. So just
out there playing some hockey and
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taking it one day at a time to join
life. Yeah. Yeah, I remember being in
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college and I had like retake this
class and it was like a freshman class
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and I was sitting next to hockey kid
and he was 21 I was 22. I was a senior
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and he was a freshman and I was just
like, yeah, I was like, I can't even
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imagine like, yeah, you feel behind a
little bit, but it's good. At least you
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can buy a beer if you want to while
you're in school. Yeah. Yeah,
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definitely. And then, yeah, what was it
like? I know you're a veteran now in
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Canada, but like what was it like when
you first moved to Canada? Was it like
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kind of like a colder shock? Yeah, for
sure it was this was OO nine, so like
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cell phones, everything around, but
there was no roaming, there was no like
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international plan. So my first year
junior funny enough I had no car and no
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phone. I was just out there playing
video games and going to practice every
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day. That's kind of what we had, it's
called a billet family. So this family
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that's close to the team and they host
you and you just kind of live with them
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and eat what they cook. And I was a
picky eater. So that was tough for me.
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But um I broke through that and you
know, just get a ride to the rink every
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morning with your teammate and come
home when he's ready, play your games
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and move on. Just, you know, just keep
busy and making some friends. But no,
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no phone, no uh no car. So it's tough
to explore. But it was definitely cool
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to be a part of like uh you know,
hockey cold drop in Canada. So it's
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still really cool to be a part of that.
Yeah. Yeah. That's funny just to think
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about like we're the same, we're the
same age pretty much. And it's funny
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just think about like 10 years ago how
phones weren't even like this guy. Yeah
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like how much further it's coming. You
know like there's no roaming, you can
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call, you make a call at 6 58 you're
gonna get charged $100 if you call in
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the States, you know, wait till seven
PM to call. It's so funny. Um. Yeah and
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then what what was it, what was your
recruiting process like to college?
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Yeah, so I went to a lake superior
state in Susan re michigan all the way
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up there at the U. P. That that was
culture shock coming from like suburbs
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of philadelphia and then you're going
up to a little town with 10,000 people.
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But um it was good like the recruiting
was just you know you play you play
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some hockey and you know the scouts are
there every night and you're just
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hoping to impress a couple of them
during the season. And how it normally
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goes is like they'll send the assistant
coach out and if he likes you, you know,
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they'll bring the other assistant coach
out and then they'll have a chat with
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you after and they are like keep
playing good, we'll be in touch and
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then eventually you know that The head
coach will come down and if you like 20
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cities and they reach out and then they
want to bring you on a visit. So just
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like most sports you'll have your
official recruiting visit and you will
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fly in or your dry. I drove, I was
close enough to drive. So then you see
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the campus and catch a game, hang out
with the guys afterwards and normally
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their job is to do their best to
recruit you to the school and I'll show
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you a good time. So I had a good time.
I, uh, my recruiting trip and signed my
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little antenna a week later. Gotcha. So
you're just, you're just one and done.
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You just visit one school? Yeah, it was
just one school. I kind of knew what I
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knew what I liked. Told me to give it a
couple of days. I think I think it over,
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but I enjoyed the, uh, the guys there
so much and then they showed me a great
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time and just like the whole culture
there was, it was nice and it was fun
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school, really small compared to what
I'm used to back here, the city suburb
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living. So it was good. It was a really
good time and uh, cold though,
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definitely very cold. Yeah. And then,
um, so like, well like after your, you
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were there for two years. So like your,
it was your senior year quote unquote I
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guess. Um, like what, what, what was
your expectations like for like the NHL
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and things like that. You really didn't,
you know, I came into college happy to
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be there. You know, the Vision one,
this is cool. I got the play and that
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was when I was playing every game and
kind of on one of the top couple lines
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freshman and sophomore year and then I
saw more season ended in um college.
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You have family advisors are called. So
they have like, like a friend of mine
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who I met my junior experience, He give
me a call after myself here and said,
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hey, you got some interests from the
NHL, the Ottawa senators are calling
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and they want to see if you want to
leave school early. So same idea, they
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flew me out to Ottawa, um, for a little
visit and of course, you know, they
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roll the red carpet out bells and
whistles, Welcome the NHL and I
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couldn't sign on that dotted line fast
enough. Um, it was, it was hard. It was
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hard to leave school. Obviously you're,
you're leaving a bunch of friends and
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you know, you spend every day with
these guys for two years and then you
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leave like just like that. So that was
tough. But you get an opportunity to,
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to live your dream. You know, you gotta,
you gotta jump on that. So it was great.
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I think to send a lot for four years,
3.5 years with them and it was good,
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gave me a good shot and you know, happy
to still be playing. Yeah, for sure. So
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yeah, you spent like four seasons in
the NHL then you get you got called up
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during the 1516 season. What was that
like to get called up to the NHL? Yeah,
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it was definitely a grind, you know, 3,
4 years h L just grinding away,
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grinding away. It's it's a tough tough
road down there because everyone is
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fighting for the same job and once you
get that call you got a chance to play,
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it's it's kind of surreal, right?
You're you signed that contract to be
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in the NHL and then you know, you're
you gotta work for it to get up and
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once you get called up it's it's kind
of surreal and it's definitely a lot of
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incentives and want to stay. So you
work hard just to make sure that you
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can stick there one day and it's uh
it's a different lifestyle man, you
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treated great and everything is uh
everything's great so it's it makes you
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want to work hard and to make sure
you're sticking their. Yeah. Yeah for
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sure. What is like what's like HL life
like? Is it like because I know like
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I'm thinking like minor league baseball
but like H. L. Is like triple A.
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Basically to yeah you're right there so
you're right there and it's it's very
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similar to what I was explaining to
junior hockey. Like you know it's pro
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hockey, you're playing in the second
best league in the world. Um Your one
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call away from being the NHL the next
night so you're just doing everything
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you can your nightly basis, you know
that there's teams watching, it doesn't
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have to be your team, you get traded at
any time. You know, I've gone through
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that myself once and that's definitely
interesting and You just won't call
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away. So you know during the days you
wake up you got your 11:00 practice,
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10:00 practice. A lot of teams right
around that time and then after that
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it's just killing time again. You're
you know, you work out your home
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normally buy one or two every day and
you know, hang out with your teammates,
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get some lunch and I don't know just do
your best to stay busy. It's a pretty
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free it's a pretty free schedule in the
american league that you're playing
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mostly weekend games and you've got
monday through thursday to just
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practice and then hang out during the
week. So we spent a lot of time of your
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teammates that you get close like that.
Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Yeah, I mean
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you've been, you've been consistent
through your HL career, just like, like
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just looking at your numbers, like what
keeps you uh consistent, I just like
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learning my game right? Like I grew,
you know, it was there was an
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adjustment period from college to pro
and figuring out like I'm not this, you
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know, skill guy dangle everybody around,
you know, like I'm not that that suit
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guy out there on the ice anymore, like
I used to be able to when I was younger,
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you just, you know, use my body get to
the front of that and it's just, you
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know, that's just how I got to score my
goals, get my points and that's how I'm
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going to produce, lay the body, hit,
some people make some noise, make, make
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sure everyone knows him out there and
then bang a couple of greasy goals home
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in front. So that's just kind of where
I like to live and get a couple of
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bouncing off your legs or your, but
that's always a plus. Yeah, for sure.
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What about, who was your, who's your
first NHL goal against and what was
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that feeling like? First goal against
was Al Montoya, I think for the florida
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panthers, we were playing in Ottawa is
my second game Ever in the NHL were
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playing in Ottawa and the night before
was my first game, of course, right
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nervous his house to penalties -1, not
the best start you're gonna have. So
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I'm all nervous, I'm not gonna get to
play again. And the next night I go out
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there and I was able to get a goal is
just um tip in. I was just stand in
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front, like I said, it just getting to
the front of the net and just got a
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piece of a puck and deflected one
basket. And then after that it was just
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black because it was, it was a surreal
moment. And then, you know, I got the
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puck, it's actually my office somewhere
over there, but I got the puck and they
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made a nice little frame for me and
it's just uh just waiting to put it up
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on the wall somewhere. I just moved
into a new place last summer, so still
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remodeling a little bit. Yeah, that's
awesome. And then, yeah, I know you
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went through a few free agencies and
you're currently, you said you're in
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one right now. What are, what are those
like and like what is it like to move
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around to a new team Stressful. Um so
we've got a few more days here, it's
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free agency in July 28. Um Normally
start getting a, you know, a couple of
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feelers here and their teams are
interested or what's going on. I'm
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hoping to be back with Calgary, enjoyed
my time three years over with them and
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uh I feel like it's a good fit for me,
but for ages he's always progress for,
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you never know like right now there's
no job and I'm just hoping to, you know,
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get get that phone call that you're
going back for another year or you know,
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maybe a two year deal is it's always
nice, a little security. But for
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agencies always exciting and nervous at
the same time because you get a call
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from whoever you're going here, you
know, pack your bags, you're off to a
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new city. So it's exciting. But also
nerve wracking because sometimes you're
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going to a team where you don't know
anyone don't know any coaches are just
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flying in there blind and it's tough
but part of the gig and just kind of
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move on with it. Yeah. Yeah definitely.
And then tell me about these last like
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two seasons with like Covid. I know
it's been like crazy like what is what
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is like protocol and like I know even
Canada was like shut down like what was
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that like for you? Oh yeah like so
Qatar North division this past year was
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complete lockdown. It was they were
pretty much you know we all understood
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it was just the way it was going to.
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than the U. S. So pretty much as
begging us to stay in our places and
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work like so rink and home pretty much
it like they were very adamant about
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that don't no hanging out on the side
and no going to the you know the movie
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theatres or restaurants or anything
like that open so just don't go
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anywhere. Don't do anything stupid.
Don't get a shutdown please. It's
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pretty much what the what the message
was all year just don't get a shutdown.
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So every day you go in and you have
your covid test up the nose down the
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throat and go on to the rink and then
you you don't breathe for a few hours
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until you get your results back and
then you're clear and then the next day
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you do it all over again. So it
definitely got a little tired and
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getting that you know that q tip shoved
up your nose every day. But it is what
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it is. We're fortunate enough that we
were able to play so uh definitely
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lucky you know, to at least get the
season and at that point, yeah,
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definitely. Were you guys in a bubble?
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Um kind of yeah, so like we only played
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encounter, we only, we played the six
other teams,
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I felt like 100 times each saw them
every other day, but it was technically
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not a bubble, but it was like you
couldn't, you know, kind of, it was
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just shut down so you really couldn't
go anywhere anyway. If you wanted to
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like order food pretty much every night
or order your groceries and you know,
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to the ranking home every day, go for
your walk. I'm just trying to kill some
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time during the day. Yeah, yeah,
definitely. Now your brother, eric is
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also in the NHL, what is it like to, to
have a brother? And then it's like two,
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you're both brothers, sibling jealous
so much better now. Super super proud
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like hey I'm a few years older than I
was so like our whole lives it was just
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like I was doing everything first, you
know, I was, you know, growing, I was
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big, he was little and then I was
moving on to junior hockey and he was
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still playing club because just a few
years younger so everyone wants to know
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what I was doing, what like what am I
up to him out to now just to see him
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like succeed and just blow every
expectation out of the water. It's just
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it's awesome, it's a proud older
brother moment and uh watch every game
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I can of his and he's just getting
better and better so he's uh he's gonna
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have a nice long career there and
hopefully the people in columbus get to
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enjoy him for his whole career because
I know he loves it there. Um I know the
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fans love him and he just just awesome.
He's doing a great job and could be
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more proud. Would you would you ever
want to play with him? Oh yeah. I mean
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I'd love to. Well see that's that's
about columbus. They know they like him.
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I don't know, they know about me go it
could be a little awkward to be rolling
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in here trying to take a take a job
from someone. So uh we'll leave. That
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may be the end of the career. Maybe get
a sniff somewhere with them or at least
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to play against some of the season.
Would be pretty cool. We've missed each
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other twice now. So uh just to play
against this season would be pretty
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cool if if we can make that happen.
Yeah. you gotta do the Jersey exchange.
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Yeah exactly. Do they do that? They do
that? You don't do that NHL do they
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cost too much man? It's a Trainers will
kill you come back with no jersey,
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they're gonna be like what the hell is
going on? I need to check for 300 bucks,
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please. Thank you.
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Can be given those things away. Um Yeah,
then just like uh what what keeps you
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motivated just because you've been in
the NHL I met in the NHL so long and
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then getting called up, sent down and
called up. Yeah, I think like I said
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the lifestyle man, it's just you get
treated like gold, you know, you're in
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the NHL and you're you're on that
pedestal, especially the Canadian
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market where you know, you're you're in
front of all these people or at least
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last year and on tv you know, they're
tuning in its rivalry games all the
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time in Canada, like it's just another
atmosphere up there. So you just want
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to be a part of that and you want to be
a, a part of that. Um, the atmosphere,
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like I said, just playing in front of
those electric fans and Canadian fans
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are crazy and it's just a fun time. So
you know, the cities, you go to your
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traveling all the time, like in a
normal season, you get to go to great
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cities and explore, you know, good
restaurants and it's just a good
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lifestyle and uh, you know, it doesn't
last forever. So you definitely want to
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take advantage of it what you're lucky
enough to play at this level and um,
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just make it last as long as possible
because like I said, retirement is
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pretty early in the, in the hockey
world compared to a real life. Yeah
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definitely. Um What advice would you
give to a young player Like you they're
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trying to get like a D. One scholarship
or trying to go pro. I just have fun
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especially younger kids like if your
your high school or just before like
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just you know played multiple sports
being athlete, not a hockey player, you
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know like learn how to do other things,
play other sports just and enjoy it.
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You know if you're if you're good
enough like they'll find you, I play
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double a hockey my whole life growing
up and it's nothing, you know, it's
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nothing crazy compared to the leaves I
got going on now, kids are traveling
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all over the country playing hockey.
You know if you're if you're good
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enough someone will be there, someone
will find you. Um And just trying to
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distress, It's funny me saying that
because that's all I did was stress.
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That's all I still do is stress, but
just trying to distress and just, you
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know, enjoy it, enjoy the ride. And uh
if you're good enough, you'll you'll
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get seen and you'll be in the right
situation.
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Yeah, for sure. And then just going
back to your brother, do you guys like
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call each other up and let's like go go
through like any like plays and stuff
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like, or like just like, like for
advice for each other, stuff like that.
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Yeah, I'll call them every once in a
while like during the season it's hard,
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you know, like they slipped by,
especially last year, you're playing
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every every other night, every every
two nights in a row, you know, stuff
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like that. But like, I tried to watch
most of his games because luckily he's
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on the East Coast and I had Two hour
time difference. So his games are
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started like, you know, 5:00, which is
kind of nice get to see him play or um,
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but yeah, I'll give him a call, not too
much advice, but just like tell him
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he's doing good or maybe a thing here
there if I think, you know, I could
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help. Like I said, he's better than me
at this point. So I'm calling my
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younger brother for advice at this
point. But, But yeah, just advice you
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something. It's an easy game on TV,
right? It's an easy game from the
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stands. So I'm like, yeah, just do this
next time. Okay. Yeah, do that 100 mph.
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Yeah. We keep in touch a lot though. We
watch each other's games and it's, it's,
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we got a good relationship. That's
awesome. Are you ready for some fun
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questions? Let's do it. What's your
favorite song right now? Favorite song?
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Damn. Right now. Oh, got me. I think I
like that new Bieber one. Honestly, I'm
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a big Bieber guy. I don't know. Not
many, not many guys will admit that.
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But I like the beaver song with
anything country. Sorry. Yeah. With the
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kids. Leroi. Yeah. That guy's blown up
though. Yeah, I know. I'm not like uh
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you know, new music? I'm not too good.
I'm not good at, I just got my old
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playlist. But I like that song. I like
the new, that edge hearing songs pretty
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good. That just came out. I can tell
you the name of it, but it comes on. I
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feel that's how I'm, I'm just like, I
don't know who the artist is. I don't
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know really the song. I don't know the
name. I can I can sing the popular part.
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Right? That's definitely about like, uh,
what's your what's your favorite food
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in Canada? Like maybe something new
that you discovered. Oh, something new.
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Nothing new. But a lot of places out
and kind of like, you know, Vancouver
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even even Calgary's got great sushi,
like Toronto, great sushi place. I was
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trying to find a good sushi places when
I'm on the road and expecting that.
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Yeah, I know. Crazy, right Calgary. I
know. Middle, middle of the country.
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You wouldn't expect it, But really good
sushi places there and then you go to
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Vancouver and it's automatic. You're
right there on the water and I love the
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sushi up there. Make sure guys make it
a point to get the sushi when you're in
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Vancouver. All right, well, if I'm in
Canada, I'm going to check it out,
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Check it out. Or message me first and
then I'll tell you if you're in the
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right suit, you're not Yeah. The only
I've only been to Montreal, I believe.
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Yeah. Yeah. And also they got good
steaks up there to the Canadian on the
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Canadian beef. A lot of good steaks up
there to have a simple, simple answer.
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But you know, could have gone with like
a routine, but I don't really need it
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too much. You know, the fries and gravy
even with the cheese kurds, but I don't
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need that too much. No, I mean, I like
sushi and steak. So this bill. So there
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you go. What do you like to do in your
free time when you're not playing
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hockey? And we got a lot of still a lot
of buddies that play some Xbox together.
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We still play forward or Call of Duty
and stuff like that. Like a lot of
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teammates, a lot of guys in the league
still play video games and it's a good,
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good uh, time killer. Also like cooking
a lot too big time in the kitchen. Yeah,
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I'll do anything. I always learned.
What's your favorite meal to cook?
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Favorite meal? I like making a beef
wellington. It's a grind. Yeah, it
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takes a little while, but I really like,
you know, like the pastry wrapped filet
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mignon and you know, you got the
mushrooms and prosciutto inside. It's
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really, really good. Takes a little
while. But I like making that stuff. I
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like I watch a lot of Gordon Ramsay
Youtube videos. Yeah, we'll get to him
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are hilarious. Yeah, we'll get we'll
send this to him and see if he's
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watching. All right, well, tell me send
me some tips, definitely. What about
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you guys playing it? Like you guys play
NHL uh, here and there. I got a couple
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of teammates play so we'll just jump on.
You know what? Like NHL FIFA, I used to
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play these games religiously in the
american league and binghamton with
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some of my roommates. And I just got to
the point where I was losing sleep over
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losing to these guys and like make bets
on the stupidest things like running
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down the street. All right. You lose,
go pick up dinner. And I found myself
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losing all the important games. So I
was I had to quit playing the one on
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one games again. HL and FIFA. So I
stick to the shooter games now just by
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myself and just if I'm playing on their
team, fine. I can't play against people.
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I'm too competitive. I start throwing
stuff broke a few controllers that
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season. So I wean myself off of the NHL
FIFA. I got you. Well, I appreciate you
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coming on and best of luck next season.
Obviously we'll definitely stay in
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touch and be in touch and see where you
go next. Yeah, absolutely. Thanks for
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having really appreciate it. Okay. Yeah.
