“Understanding how difficult the AHL is, obviously you need someone that is willing and able to think on their toes. We had many atime in the last couple of years where my lineup was set, I was ready to go, and I got a call from RJ and he said ‘your no.1 centre is gone and I’m taking your no.1 D, and oh, by the way, the goalie’s coming up as well,’ and you’ve got to pivot. So it’s somebody that’s going to be able to think on their feet, but again that message of delivering the message, teaching the message, and the biggest thing for me that I learned down there was managing personalities and managing the people and the players that are there.”
