 It's been a crazy day. I mean, you know, from the moment I woke up and, you know, I actually tried to go back to sleep, get a little extra rest, and, you know, my brain and my heart wouldn't let me. But no, it's been a good day for my family, you know, for friends back home and, you know, previous teams, Bemidji State and, you know, for myself personally. I think, you know, it's a day that's, you know, kind of validating to the work in the ups and downs you've gone through, but, you know, and I mean, no one's told me yet, but it's pretty obvious to any athlete the work's only begun. This is only the first step in a very, very long process. And I'm very much aware of that. And, you know, you're not, you kind of enjoy the moment and giving myself a day to enjoy it. And then, you know, you know, come tomorrow that the work starts and the real work. I mean, you know, you're just starting off as an NHL player and things like that. So, you know, whether I'm considered that or not, I mean, it's time to put in the work and, you know, become a pro and do have to do a pros do and that's focusing every single day and do all the right things every single day. So, you know, kind of giving myself this data to kind of enjoy the experience a little bit and, you know, contact friends and family and, you know, talk to them about, because it's their experience too. I mean, every single person who's helped me, who's talked to me, who's coached me, who's athletic therapists, you know, all my family back home, I don't perform at the gym, you know, even athletes, other athletes, I mean, it's all part of them that help people, you know, like myself, come through this path to get to where I am. And, you know, it's obviously it's, I'm just playing hockey. That's what I'm doing. I'm having fun playing hockey and all those steps along the way have prepared me for the journey I'm about to go on. So, I mean, again, I kind of ramble on, but just enjoying the day as much as I can before the work starts tomorrow. So, different players have different needs and they have different things in their minds. For me, it's about opportunity, being a college free agent. I mean, you want to go somewhere where you're gonna have opportunity. And for me, it's, I guess, an advantage being a right-handed big defenseman that, you know, there are very minimal amounts of guys like that in hockey nowadays. And, you know, my main thing was to go somewhere where I was gonna get a chance to play. And, you know, I've been proving people wrong all my life and that's what I continue to do for the rest of my life. So, you know, I'm just gonna go on with a good work ethic. And that's the thing that I wanted to do is, you know, go somewhere with good coaching, really good coaching and, you know, the development process and somewhere where I can go and put in the, put in the back work and, you know, develop as a professional hockey player. So, again, a big part of it is conducting yourself the right way. You know, having a humble modesty to your, to your, you know, your walk and the way you talk to people and the way you carry yourself throughout the dressing room, you know, throughout these buildings, throughout other teams buildings. When you're talking to different people, when I'm in here talking to all of you, it's saying the right things and knowing what the task is at hand and that's being a Bemidji State Beaver. And the big thing for me was, you know, all that stuff's going on the outside, but that isn't even a part of your life until now. You know what I mean? So throughout the season, I was a Bemidji State Beaver. I was a college student grinding through classes with all those guys over there who were just finished working out. Those, that was my life. And I made sure I focused on the right things, focused on, you know, getting my workouts done, you know, rolling out, doing, doing all the little things to help those guys win and to help Bemidji State, you know, get through the playoffs and have a good regular season and do whatever, you know, I had to do to make sure that I played well for the team to win. So as far as the speculation side goes, I mean, obviously you're going to have people asking you questions and things like that. And, you know, there's, there's never a definite answer because no one knows. I mean, anything can happen throughout a season. Your mind can change. Your mentality can change. You get injured. There's a lot of different factors. And, you know, it's definitely making sure that you, you don't get too far ahead of yourself and look into the future too much because, you know, if you look into the future, you're not paying attention to the present. So that's kind of how I went about it and handled that speculation that you asked. So every kid dreams of whether it's signing an NHL contract or playing in your first game in the NHL, or I mean, regardless, it's, you know, those are huge dreams and some that, you know, almost every little hockey player has. And I remember to myself, you know, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight years old, just playing, you know, Tim Bitt's hockey up in Canada. And obviously that was the end goal, but you have to be a realist at some point and realize that, you know, not everyone makes it to the NHL. Not everyone makes it to college hockey. Not everyone plays junior hockey. And, you know, I was fortunate enough to go through ups and downs that, you know, taught me the lessons in life that I needed to learn early, to become successful now. And, you know, to not even successful now, but just, you know, get myself onto the next level each step and keep progressing. And it was definitely a big dream of mine. And it's fun to, you know, take the very first step in fulfilling that dream. And, no, it's an exciting process. It's fun and it's really good for my family and, you know, all the loved ones that helped me get to where I am today and, you know, coaches and everyone involved in the process. So it's good to see. In any sport, I mean, any team that's in first and you have the possibility of joining them, it's extremely exciting. I mean, you know, kind of the culture that they have and they're, you know, because they are a fresh team, they've, you know, kind of put a mark on themselves as a team that, you know, is out to win, out to have success, you know, to play hard every night and, you know, not give any team any reason to beat them. And, no, it's definitely exciting that, you know, the team, you know, I've decided on is that they're in first place and they're in a good spot, you know, going into playoffs and carrying a lot of good momentum and playing some good hockey. So it's exciting for me. It's exciting for my family again and all my friends and it's going to be, you know, an exciting, a couple of months here. So I think that's huge. Anytime you can go in and see familiar faces, I think it gives you a comfort factor that, you know, you can go in and it's kind of like going into a brand new environment like I did coming in here. I mean, you don't know a whole lot of guys and, fortunately enough, again, I knew Justin Bodger and Brandon Harms when I came in. So it's kind of the same transition, you know. I don't know Brad incredibly well, but I know I'm enough to connect with them through BSU hockey and everything like that. So it'll be good to see him and kind of pick his brain and see how he does things and learn the ropes from, you know, everyone in that organization to become a pro and be the best pro that I can be. And no, it's going to be good. I'm super excited. Since I first came here, it was an organization that, you know, I knew the tradition here and the amount of pride that everyone had, you know, coming in here, you were told before that when you come in here, you are a beaver for life and you're not playing, you know, not only for yourselves, but for the guy sitting next to you for, you know, the alumni up in the stands, you know, Coach Peters who dedicated his life to this organization. You're playing for the fans. You're playing for, you know, everyone that has some impact in this organization or in the university and you're playing for an entire university and that will forever stick with me, you know. So my time here has been, I've tried to make the most of it and, you know, I put every single ounce that I had into this organization and made sure that, you know, I conducted myself the right way as a beaver should and, you know, just enjoyed my time here. I, you know, again, against a speculation question, I never knew when it was going to end. I mean, coming in here, I expected to be here for four years and, you know, it comes up being, you know, cutting it too short. But I mean, that's life and, you know, I'm excited to move on, but, you know, I'm also kind of saddened that I have to leave, you know, Bemidji State and not necessarily in the past, but I have to leave this organization as, you know, as a student, as a college athlete because not many people get to do that. So my time here has been amazing. I mean, everyone down, it'd be hard to list them all. I mean, teammates and coaches and stuff like that. So now it's been, it's been two very, very good years and, you know, it's tough to leave, but, you know, exciting things ahead. And, you know, just trying to make everyone proud that helped me along the way to get to Bemidji and who here helped me get to the NHL, so.