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Really is fascinating to have an NHLer willing to chat at length and candidly about inanne things and behind the scenes stuff. It happens in snips here and there like Spitting Chiclets where you get some highlight stories, but not 3h worth spanning health care systems to vehicles to taxes to coaches rules.

Very well spoken and articulate guy. I don't think it can be overstated how well him and Gudbranson are playing game to game, nor the impact of finally having some solid, physical first defenseman to establish and enforce the team identity.

Is is here next year? Unless he signs a 1 or 2 year deal (to coincide with Sutter's tenure) likely not but I don't know if he came here with the assumption he only wanted to stay a year, since it seems he slightly prefers the US, but we will see.