I don't know. I can't know what's going to become of Tristan Bros. at the NHL level. I just know. And I mean, all capital letters. K-N-O-W. He's going to give it his all, and I'll take that.

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Bros comes with real credentials.

Second round pick, 58th overall in the 2021 NHL draft fought through all kinds of injuries, positional switches, team switches, college switches, program switches,

and still showed up this year for camp.

And I thought, and said so at the time, won a job.

His play at both ends was more than strong enough, particularly considering the framework of which you're going to see young players get the benefit of the doubt.

Didn't make it, got sent back to Wilkesbury, led the team in goals, eight.

That's 11th most in the AHA.

Had five assists too.

If you go back to the beginning of the 2024-25

AAHL season, he totaled 27 goals more than anybody else on the team.

So it is all there.

But even that's not what had me pounding the figurative table around here for bros over the past, what, week or two?

No, it was this.

The way he greeted reporters at his locker stall after his first NHL practice yesterday in Cranberry.

Listen to this.

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