Aside from just being a very likeable kid, Jack was intelligent, polite and gave great answers to my questions. It was more than just a 5 minute chat..probably closer to 20 minutes mostly because he kept asking me questions.
I try to find out how the players see themselves - how do they self evaluate their own game? IMO, he nailed his own game. He knew what he lacked last year and improved on it. He also asked me a bunch of questions about his game (without me asking him if he had any questions for me) which is not common. They were intelligent questions. I won't go into detail because I tell players that it's not an interview that I will go public with all the details of our discussion (much like an NHL team scouts doesn't) - My second chat was very informal and much shorter - Part of it was that I joked with him that I had told our scouts he must've taken my advice from our first conversation because he went on a tear after that first chat. (1st interview was after the game vs Gatineau in Ottawa - 2nd chat was after Top Prospects game )
I loved his game last season and mentioned that to our guys a few times last year, so he's given me a chance to remind our guys of that plenty of times this year. lol
Easy kid to root for.
