[Brad Marsh]

Didn't see this posted anywhere. Nothing really jumping out from the conversation for me, but it's always great to hear from the GM.

• Best time of the year is the playoffs

• Lots of hope and excitement this time of year

• Year two with the coach and familiarity should help team jump right in

• 2 takeaways from Penticton: the guys they were hoping would play well did, and they were impressed with new the new additions. Spoke specifically about Foo, Jankowski, Mangiapanni, Valimaki, Andersson, Fischer, Godin, Olas-Mattson, and Schneider as standing out

• Dylan Olsen - has gone through struggles on and off the ice. Maybe came into the league too early. Here and taking a look at him. Still young, training hard in the summer. Looking for defensive help wherever you can get it

• Joel Lowry - big, smart, thinks the games well, good character, play wing or center, looking forward to seeing him.

• By design, there is a job or two up for grabs

• The team is now entering the winning phase

• Legitimately have a handful of guys who are mature, have developed as pros, and are ready to take the next step

• Foo does not have a spot to lose, he needs to win a job

• The team is hopeful that they have a surprise player in camp this year, someone they may not be expecting to win a job

1. Bartkowski did a good job for the team last year, skates well, played on a cup team

• Looking forward to seeing Kulak. Wanting to see him step in and grab a spot

• Last year Hathaway was one of the last cuts, kept showing things in practice and games, wasn't really on anyone's radar coming into camp

• Wanting to see younger players come in, get noticed, and win a job. Playing it safe gets you a trip to Stockton

• Glass and Cramorossa can both skate and play an energy role, character players

• Gazdic is a big strong guy, character guy

• Treliving didn't talk to Bennett personally during the negotiation process but called when the deal was done to congratulate him

• Worked hard to build goaltending depth

• Excited to see Gillies and Rittich after their summer training

• Parsons tweaked his back at Penticton, hoping he's ready for camp

• Rittich has more pro experience because of time in Europe, one of the top goalies in the AHL last year, may be closer than some people think

• Rittich and Gillies work well together, push each other

• Gillies is a terrific prospect

• Goaltending is the most important position, can't have too many of them

• Ferland will start on the top line

• Important camp for Whotherspoon, new draft class coming in every year

• First conversation about Hamonic took place two years ago. Serious conversations started at the draft combine

Please forgive spelling mistakes, especially on player names. Had to do a little paraphrasing. Hopefully I captured the essence of what he said correctly.