Hi. I'm calling you a lot of the Seattle
Thunderbirds, and this is a Chl Sunday spotlight.
I evaluate the rookie season is one of those seasons
. To figure out the type of player I am
obviously is a big adjustment going from the trip away
to the NHL. Just being a rookie took a
lot of getting used to, and once I kind
of figured out the type of player I could be
in that league, I kind of stuck to it
and I just played my game. The biggest adjustment
for me going from Triple A or the WHL was
just like I said, just figuring out with the
type of player I am and playing with the new
guys. I'm not used to obviously playing in Winnipeg
and the local leagues and used to playing with the
players I grew up playing with since I was 11
and nine years old. S o the biggest adjustment
for me. I was just playing with the new
players. My biggest strength is the hockey player I
think is just scoring goals of being an offensively minded
player. I like to be around the net and
I like to have the puck on my stick and
I worked on that a lot. Just from watching
videos and how players play and watching kind of people
. I idolized growing up and just always being around
the net while playing games and practices to be recognized
as a possible first round draft pick. It's definitely
an honor and it makes my family proud, and
I think for me, that's one of the best
things. It gives me a lot of confidence as
well, and it gives me something to look forward
to when I'm training and skating and it's definitely,
you know, take a lot of honor into it
, and I'm just hoping that I can fulfill that
dream. The NHL player I model my game after
is Arizona code. He's clean. Keller. Um
, he's one of those players who I feel we
kind of played a similar game. We have that
similar size. He's not the flashiest players, but
he doesn't lost things right. He likes to score
goals and make a lot of plays and I think
me and him are just played a similar games