going on off the ice too.

Yeah.

That's the thing.

He feels like he's a part of the community now. Yeah. And I think, you know, a lot of guys in the league, rookies going and live with veterans, a lot of people didn't, I don't think, know that. But, you know, Barzal did that with the Seidenberg. Noah Dobson did that with the Seidenberg. So, you know, and Lou in Toronto

made sure that, you know, the first year with Mitch Warner and Austin that their parents were,

like, in town or at least kind of living with them. So I think stability is important,

especially that first year. There's, you know, there's a camera in his face every two seconds right now.

And there's, you know, he's, he his face every two seconds right now and um there's

you know he's he told me this morning that reese witherspoon followed him on instagram so like you know

he's he's he's getting a lot of um you know exposure and um i know that there's a lot of pressure

especially taking on that pressure at that age i just want to make sure that we're an outlet for him at home, you know, if he makes a mistake and he, you know, has a bad game or which seems to not, you know, happen so far. So I think it's important that he has somebody like us and a family to come home to and take his mind off things. Yeah, one on one, a little hard. 100%. So as your dad, I'm very proud of that, that you're doing this.

One final question for me, and this is really the most important question,

if they do come to him with an opportunity to be on dancing with the stars,

will you allow him to do it?

Now I think I would allow it, because I've been actually following this season for the first time. So I apologize. I apologize in the past for not letting you do that, Dad, because now I get it. Okay. You know, um, 16 years old, I would have been mortified. Right. right, exactly. And that has lingering effects, you know?

I mean, that you've been scarred forever.

You know, I know that marriages aren't supposed to be like the tit-for-tat thing, but it happens.

Do you plan on using with Matt when you're trying to win an argument?

Hey, remember the time that I allowed an 18-year-old to live in our home? Oh, my God. No, it's actually funny. I was saying to somebody the other day, Matt's gone more now than he was when he played. I mean, he's got to go on road trips, and, you know, he's going to the rink every day from nine to three and then he's

going to the games and i was like wow maybe you should have you know played one more year

because i barely see you so the point being has got a real job now yeah for sure um but you know

it's i i won't i won't hold it over him um because so far so good he obviously he plays with the kids and it

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