‘”Look at a guy like Teppo Numminen, someone that I admire so much. It felt a bit strange, at first, going up to him and saying ‘Tepp, I think you should play it this way . . . ‘ Dmitri Kalinin was my defence partner here in Buffalo for three seasons. Now, I’m his coach. It’s an adjustment, both ways. “Just like Lindy. I know it kills him inside sometimes not to be able to make a joke or pull a gag on someone. Because that’s a part of him, too. But he’s the boss now. The dynamics change.”‘