“Most guys talk about wanting to turn the page, but I thought we heard some honesty yesterday. First time we’ve heard from Thatcher Demko since last season and he was one of the guys that sort of pushed back last year that things were a problem in that locker room. But yesterday copped to it and basically said that there were things that we simply couldn’t overcome. Elias Pettersson talked about some of that a little bit yesterday as well.” Paterson said,
He added, “So as much as they want to turn the page, it’s not as simple as sweeping last year under the rug. I mean they have to take some learnings from it and I’ve said with you guys before, like I do think this team is leaning into good vibes and we’ll see how good vibes can take them. But we know last year the vibes were not right.”