That was

awesome. That's total geek out for me, guys.

Thank you.

Welcome once again to a special edition of 31 Thoughts to the podcast.

Today an interview with Adam Oates

Hockey Hall of Famer, trainer Elliot, to the stars of

hockey, and he has a little bit of a burr under his saddle this week. What gives?

I have a bit of a burr under my saddle too too because every time I tried to steer his conversation towards his

NHL clients he knocked it away like a good blocker save.

To-drags man, he was toe-dragging at the whole interview.

Yes, he skated circles around all my questions.

But basically what happened was I was sitting around minding my own business

like I normally am and my phone rang and his name came up hadn't spoken to him in a while I said

hey Adam how you doing and I was immediately greeted with I have to come on the

podcast you didn't say hello he didn't waste any time.

No greetings, no normal human exchanges of pleasantries, nothing like that, cut away the crap right to it.

He says, I have to come on your podcast.

I said, any time, any particular reason.

He says, I saw this video on Instagram

of a coach about to teach his kids some drills and they were terrible.

There was nothing in these drills that was hockey related that you would actually do in a game. So because I am nothing if not and we are

nothing if not citizens of the world trying to make young boys and girls children have a better time on the ice

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