WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.200 But let's do a little hockey on the program. 2 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:04.879 Little Utah Hockey Club opening day right around the corner, 3 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:07.679 and one of their centers, Logan Cooley, is our guest 4 00:00:07.719 --> 00:00:09.560 on a Monday Logan, Happy Monday man. 5 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:11.640 How you doing good? 6 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:14.599 How are you for having me on? I appreciate it. 7 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.960 I appreciate you. I appreciate you calling promptly right off 8 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:19.760 the top. What is it about you hockey guys that 9 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:21.960 are so polite and like on time all? What what 10 00:00:22.079 --> 00:00:25.199 makes you guys such nice guys that like are responsible 11 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:26.519 and on time and things like that. 12 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:32.920 I don't know. I think that's just I don't like, 13 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:36.000 it's simple just hockey guys. I think we're always, you know, 14 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:40.119 just pretty child guys down there, you know, humble and 15 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:43.000 you know, just like to kind of do things the 16 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:46.600 right way, you know. I think that's what it makes 17 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:51.520 their sport, you know, really enjoyable to watch and kind 18 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:55.479 of just brings a lot of fans. And yeah, but 19 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:58.039 I think, just like you said, just down there guys 20 00:00:58.079 --> 00:00:59.960 and you know, respectful people. 21 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.920 Is it something about the way that hockey culture is 22 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:06.400 when you're growing up. Because I grew up in the Northeast, 23 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:10.319 it's a hockey hotbed, and so I you know, encountered 24 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:12.000 and got to know a lot of hockey players, a 25 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:13.319 lot of pro hockey players. 26 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:14.920 And I don't know what it is. 27 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:16.519 I don't know if it's the discipline you need to 28 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:18.200 play such a hard sport. I don't know if it's 29 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:20.959 the culture of the way you're raised playing hockey, or 30 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:22.959 maybe you just have good parents. What is it about 31 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:26.719 the youth hockey experience logan that seems to breed you know, 32 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.239 professional hockey players that know what it's like to be 33 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:31.000 a pro, the true meaning of being a pro. 34 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:34.719 Yeah, I mean I think it's kind of all the 35 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:37.560 above what you just said that. I think just the 36 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:41.959 culture and hockey. It's you know, just all about being selfless, 37 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:45.480 you know, kind of putting the team first and and 38 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:47.359 everything you do that's what you need to do to 39 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:52.959 you know, be successful player associally at the NHL level 40 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.200 and especially if you want to win. So I think 41 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:58.480 just you know, like I said, being selfless, always being 42 00:01:58.519 --> 00:02:02.519 about the team, doing whatever you needed to kind of 43 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:05.079 do to help the team win. I think it's super important. 44 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:07.879 And I think you get that in hockey growing up, 45 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:10.560 and they kind of teach you at an early age, 46 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:13.960 what it's like to kind of be a champion and 47 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:17.120 you know, if you want to have a successful career. 48 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:19.159 So let's get to know you a little bit. Logan. 49 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:21.759 Of course, the Utah hockey experience is new to a 50 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:23.719 lot of people around here in Salt Lake, and so 51 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:25.879 we'll get to you know, how the preseason is going. 52 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:27.800 We'll talk about the opener. But let's get to know 53 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:30.560 Logan Cooley a little bit. Where'd you grow up? When 54 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:32.560 did you first fall in love with hockey? And when 55 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:34.199 did you first realize that you have a shot to 56 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:34.960 be pretty good at this? 57 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:42.039 Yeah, so I'm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Started playing when I 58 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:45.639 was around four or five, and I think just my 59 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:48.879 whole family was kind of surrounded by hockey. It's kind 60 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:52.159 of all I really knew growing up. And I think, 61 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.639 you know, you always think you're pretty good growing up, 62 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:58.639 and then you know it's fortunate to play for the 63 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:02.879 national team development prog room in uh Plymouth, Michigan, and 64 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:06.439 I think from there you kind of it's the you know, 65 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:11.400 top twenty three players American players in your birth and 66 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:14.000 I think just from there that's kind of when I 67 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:16.400 knew that you know, if I keep going in this 68 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:18.960 direction and keep doing what I'm doing, that you know, 69 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:21.800 maybe I have a chance to play in the National 70 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:22.479 Hockey League. 71 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:25.319 So were you, I would imagine you were always a 72 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:28.199 goal scorer. I mean, hell, it's your goal scorer now, 73 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.199 So it's not like they moved you, you know, out 74 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:32.360 of goal for you to you know, be pushed up 75 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:35.479 to see I Were you always somebody who excelled in 76 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:37.879 the attack, scoring goals, even as a young player growing 77 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:38.680 up in youth hockey. 78 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:43.639 Yeah, for sure, I think, you know, for me, that's 79 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:46.919 what I love to do. I love, you know, scoring goals, 80 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:49.000 and you know, when you're scoring goals, you're helping your 81 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.120 team win. So I think just there's no better feeling 82 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:53.960 that you know, when you see that putt go in 83 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.840 the back than that. And you know, I think everyone's 84 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:00.360 always trying to score goals. That's kind of a for 85 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.240 most most guys is how they can you know, get 86 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:08.360 more goals, find ways to you know, score And I 87 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:10.400 think for me it's always something that you know, I've 88 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:13.439 worked on during the season, during the off season, just 89 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:16.240 always trying to find different ways to kind of put 90 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:17.000 the puck in the net. 91 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:22.120 So when did you first hear the news that you 92 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:23.040 guys were moving? 93 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:25.040 And where were you? What was it like? 94 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:27.959 Like, what was that phone call logan that you received 95 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:30.800 when whoever it is told you, hey, you live in Utah? 96 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:31.639 Now, what was that like? 97 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:35.720 Yeah, I mean it was it was my first year 98 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:39.160 in the league, so it's pretty wild. Like I didn't 99 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:43.600 really it was all just you know, as a young 100 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:45.120 kid comeing to the league, you don't really know what 101 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:48.040 to expect. And obviously there was a lot of stuff 102 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:51.680 that happened last year, and you know, there was always, 103 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:56.319 let's say, you know, a word that we might be moving, 104 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:58.920 and you know, you just never really believe it until 105 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:02.399 it actually happens. And when we first got word, I think, 106 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.720 you know, officially we were in Edmonton, I believe, getting 107 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:10.399 ready to play a game. I think, you know, a 108 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.360 GM came in. The coach kind of gave us a 109 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:15.000 little talk that you know, we were kind of officially 110 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:18.399 heading to Utah. So it was tough to kind of 111 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:21.439 process right away. But you know, I know I could 112 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:24.879 speak for you know, everyone else on the team also, 113 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:27.399 it's just how excited we are to be here, you know, 114 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:30.079 It's how excited the fans are, and it's it's pretty 115 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:34.800 special to have an ownership like group like Ryan Smith 116 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:37.839 and for him to kind of do what he's been doing, 117 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:40.160 it's pretty special and it gives us, you know, a 118 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:43.560 really good chance to be a successful team in this league. 119 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:47.600 Did you know anything about Utah prior to arriving here? 120 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:49.600 I mean, you're twenty years old. You grew up, you know, 121 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:51.720 in a central part of the country, and then you 122 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:52.920 lived in Arizona. 123 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:54.959 So did you know anything about Utah? 124 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:57.519 And attendant to that question, what have you learned about 125 00:05:57.600 --> 00:05:58.800 Utah since you landed here? 126 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:02.600 Yeah? I mean, if I'm gonna be honest, I didn't 127 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:03.279 know too much. 128 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:04.720 You know. 129 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:07.399 When I first landed here, it was, you know, just 130 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:10.920 an unbelievable spot. I think when you're coming on the 131 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:14.000 plane and see the mountains and just the city, I 132 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:19.079 think it's just unbelievable. So I think, just honestly, just 133 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:24.120 getting situated here and everyone just seems like unbelievable people. 134 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:27.759 Everyone's so nice here and you know, respectful. So I 135 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:31.160 think that's the biggest thing, is just how welcoming it 136 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:34.480 is here, And it really made the transition really easy 137 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:37.360 as a young kid and a player in this league. 138 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:39.920 What sort of style do you guys want to play? 139 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.480 I mean, preseason is the preseason, and there's been a 140 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:46.680 combination of some of the big name guys like you 141 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:48.879 when like Clayton playing and some of the young guys 142 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:50.720 that won't be playing in the NHL at all have 143 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:53.879 been getting some run. So it's hard to really identify 144 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:56.240 exactly what the identity of the team is, at least 145 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:58.360 from my seat, until we see all you guys play 146 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:01.680 together when the reg season and the puck drops in 147 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.639 just over a week now. But generally speaking, what style 148 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:07.399 of play would you tell fans the Utah Hockey Club 149 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:09.600 wants to wants to execute this year? 150 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:14.959 Yeah, I mean, I think just we always talked about being, 151 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:17.920 you know, a team that plays with speed, plays with pace, 152 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:21.800 it's not afraid to do little dirty work and go 153 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:25.800 to the dirty areas. But I think, you know, when 154 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:28.519 we do all those things, when we play as the 155 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:31.519 team and we play the right way, you know, not 156 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:35.040 forcing any plays and you know, playing behind the other 157 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.519 team's defense, I think we're a really tough team to beat. 158 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:40.839 And you know, we showed that a little bit last year. Obviously, 159 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:44.920 before that that losing streak. But you know, I think 160 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:47.319 just with this year, we have a lot more experienced, 161 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:51.040 a lot of more players that you know, have have 162 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:53.639 won in this league, which is super important. So I think, 163 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:55.879 you know, I'm excited to kind of see what we 164 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:58.560 could do. But you know, I think when like I said, 165 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:01.199 when we're doing those things and you know, we're a 166 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:04.920 super tough team to beat, and you know, I'm excited 167 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:05.720 to get going here. 168 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:09.040 So twenty goals twenty four sis a year ago as 169 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:12.279 a rookie, I mean, that's an awesome rookie year. Do 170 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:16.120 you have individual metrics that you'd like to see yourself hit? 171 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.120 Are you one of these guys prior to the season 172 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:21.800 you write the number thirty down a million times and 173 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:24.480 just manifest yourself scoring thirty goals? 174 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:26.319 Like, what's that process look like? 175 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:28.319 What are some of the individual goals you hope to 176 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:30.839 accomplish this year after a really good rookie season. 177 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:35.960 Yeah, I mean I think just you know, I would 178 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:39.320 think any guy in the league has you know, the 179 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:43.279 competitive league. Everyone wants to continue to get better and 180 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:46.639 you know, produce and kind of have a name for 181 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:49.559 themselves in this league. So I think, you know, for me, 182 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:53.240 It's always about you know, the team and doing what 183 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:55.440 I need to do to help the team, you know, 184 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:58.600 win a championship. So but I think, you know, I'd 185 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:00.720 probably be lying if I, you know, said I didn't 186 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:03.720 have any goals or specific things I want to hit. 187 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:07.200 But yeah, I mean, I think you know, you always 188 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:10.320 want to do better than you were the year before. 189 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:12.919 And just you know, I'm not a guy that puts 190 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:15.000 a specific number. I don't like to have, you know, 191 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:18.360 limits on myself. But you know, I'm excited to see 192 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:20.759 what I can do with you know, just a year 193 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:22.799 of experience in uh, in this league. 194 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:26.200 Who are the leaders in that locker room? You know 195 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:28.639 when logan, when when. 196 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:31.600 Player X, Y or Z stands up and decides to 197 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:34.919 address the group, who gets the attention, who gets the respect? 198 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:37.039 Who are the I mean you're you're twenty years old, 199 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:39.399 so maybe it's you, but you're a young player. Who 200 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:40.919 are some of the guys you look up to that 201 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:43.159 when they speak in the locker room they have your 202 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:43.759 full attention. 203 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:49.559 Yeah, we're pretty you know, fortunate to have you know, 204 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:52.320 a ton of great leaders mentors on this team. I 205 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:56.120 think you know, there's guys that aren't the loudest in 206 00:09:56.120 --> 00:10:00.000 the room, but you know, show leadership by their playof 207 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:03.240 on the ice. Then you have guys that you know 208 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.399 are a little louder in the locker room, guys like 209 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.639 you know Lost and Krause, you know, Clayton Keller who, 210 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:13.879 let's say, kind of leads more by example. You know, 211 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:17.399 just guys like them that kind of you know, been 212 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:19.840 around the league for a while. You know, a guy 213 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:23.799 like Sergachev's you know, won two Cubs, being cool, who 214 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.679 has come in Like I think when you guys that 215 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:30.240 you know, shown that they've been on winning teams that 216 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:32.720 you kind of, you know, listen up when they speak, 217 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:35.679 and I think that's super important as a young player 218 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:38.360 and just as a young team. I think it's important 219 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:41.679 to you know, have a lot of leadership and you know, 220 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:44.039 experience that can help us moving forward here. 221 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.399 Who's the best fighter? Now? Uh? 222 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:49.559 The sports fans around here are not used to what 223 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:52.600 they're about to see. When you know, the the gloves 224 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:55.320 drop and there are punches thrown. It's not something that 225 00:10:55.360 --> 00:10:58.639 happens in basketball the way that it does in hockey 226 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:00.879 or football or really any any sport. It's kind of 227 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:04.679 embedded in the culture. Who are Is there one dude 228 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:07.960 that stands out run among the rest you Logan when 229 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:09.879 it comes to the toughest guy in that locker room 230 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:10.639 and the gloves drop. 231 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:15.639 Yeah, I mean I think you know, he's really made 232 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:18.559 a name for himself, had say Liam O'Brien, just the 233 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:22.159 way you know, obviously he could throw down. Obviously he's 234 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:24.039 a really good fighter. But you know, he's a guy 235 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:29.120 that you know will stick up for anyone on our team, 236 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:32.039 you know. So it's super awesome to have and you know, 237 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:35.519 you honestly feel just a little more comfortable out on 238 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:38.279 the ice sheet just knowing that you know he's on 239 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:41.320 your side and we'll step up if you ever need him. 240 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:44.919 So he's an important piece of our team. And but yeah, 241 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:46.360 for sure, say Liam O'Brien. 242 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:49.799 What is the origin story of the spicy tuna nickname? 243 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:51.879 I've heard the nickname. I just don't know where it 244 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:52.399 came from. 245 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:56.840 I honestly couldn't tell you. I kind of just went 246 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:58.679 on with it when I first came in the league. 247 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:02.480 I actually do not know the exact reason, but yeah, 248 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:04.399 that's something that I might have to find out here. 249 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:07.440 Do you have a nickname, Logan either now or growing up. 250 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:08.919 Did you have a nickname when you were coming up 251 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:10.240 through the ranks. 252 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:14.759 Yeah, I mean, I think it's just always cool just 253 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:17.960 short for the the last name. I think everyone kind 254 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:20.720 of you know, just keeps, you know, add like an 255 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:23.399 S to their last name or whatever in the hockey world. 256 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:25.960 So it's it's pretty short. But you know, I've had 257 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:29.080 it since I was, you know, probably ten years old. 258 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:32.080 I read that even though you grew up in Pittsburgh 259 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:35.200 you were an Novechkin fan. I can't imagine that endeared 260 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:37.000 you to your classmates as as a kid. 261 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:42.320 Is that the case, Yeah, for sure, definitely we'll get 262 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:45.399 ripped a little bit, but yeah, I mean I just, 263 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:48.159 you know, from a young age, just loved the Capitals 264 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:51.360 and I loved the way obviously they had a bunch 265 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:54.879 of teams that were, you know, really skilled, and I 266 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:57.679 just love the way Ov played, and so obviously one 267 00:12:57.720 --> 00:12:59.720 of my favorite players growing up. So it was nice 268 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:02.759 to kind of you know, watched them growing up. And 269 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:07.039 obviously them in the Penguins had a bunch of great battles, 270 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:09.720 so it was always fun, you know, when those two 271 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:10.759 teams were going at it. 272 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:14.679 So it appears from what I've read that hockey is 273 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:18.039 a family affair for you. In the Cooley household, you 274 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:20.200 have some brothers that have played some college hockey, some 275 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:24.559 uncles that played some college hockey. So so was hockey 276 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:27.200 not only something that you loved individually, but something that 277 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:29.000 was kind of a family affair as you were coming 278 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:31.519 up in Pennsylvania. 279 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:34.759 Yeah, for sure. I think, you know, with my two 280 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:38.759 uncles both playing, my two brothers, you know, I just 281 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:41.799 remember when my brothers were playing, always wanting to go 282 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:44.720 to their practice, and you know, when I was at 283 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:47.000 there practice, I always had a stick in my hand. 284 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:49.399 I just you know, loved every second of being at 285 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:51.919 the ring. So I think it's, you know, for me, 286 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.200 that's all I kind of knew that's all I wanted 287 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:57.120 to do from a young age. And you know, I 288 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:59.759 just remember, you know, growing up, I didn't want to 289 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:02.039 do anything else but play it, play this game. So 290 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:05.080 I'm pretty fortunate that this is my job and this 291 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:07.799 is what I love to do. So but you know, 292 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:10.360 when you have a family that kind of has played 293 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:14.000 Division One, played a little bit of pro you it 294 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:15.960 really made me excited and made me want to do 295 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:17.799 something special with with this game. 296 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:19.919 Is your family still in Pennsylvania. 297 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:21.679 Any plans for them to come out and check out 298 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:23.720 your digs in Salt Lake and maybe see some Utah 299 00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:24.480 hockey this year. 300 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:29.159 Yeah, they're still in Pittsburgh, but you know though for 301 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:32.279 sure be out here a ton. You know, they my 302 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:35.960 parents helped move me in, so you know, I got 303 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:39.000 a nice place here and it's gonna be awesome for 304 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:41.840 you know when they come out. Even when we went 305 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:45.600 I went to that preseason game and at the Delta Center, 306 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:48.600 I just got so excited and you know, texted them 307 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:51.200 right away just saying how I can't wait for them 308 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:54.240 to come see it and you know, get to get 309 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:56.960 on that ice. It's gonna be pretty special to have 310 00:14:57.080 --> 00:15:00.480 my family there. And you know obviously the same and too. 311 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:03.399 Is it is it hard for either your parents to 312 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:04.519 see you're twenty years old? 313 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:06.559 I have a son that's twenty three. My son's three 314 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:07.440 years older than you are. 315 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:11.399 Okay, so you know you're you're a young player second year. 316 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:13.639 Is it tough for mom and dad to see their uh, 317 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:17.080 they're you know, their their youngest boy away from away 318 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:17.639 from the nest. 319 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:18.799 Is it hard for them to see you. 320 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:20.960 Go out on their own or on your own or 321 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:22.639 are they just proud of what you're doing they just 322 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:23.440 kind of have your back. 323 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:27.679 Yeah, I mean it's definitely a little bit of both. Obviously, 324 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:31.759 They you know, want to see me succeed and you know, 325 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:35.679 will support me with, you know, with anything I do. 326 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:39.440 So I'm lucky in that aspect. But you know, for me, 327 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:44.559 it's never easy leaving home. I'd say definitely my mom. 328 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:48.519 You know, it's always tough leaving her, and you know 329 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:52.480 she doesn't always take it the best way. So many 330 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:55.039 time I could, you know, see her throughout the year 331 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:57.960 and have her come out. It's awesome and you know, 332 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:00.799 you just feel a lot more comfortable and she's around, 333 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:04.200 and but yeah, being a young kid, it's it's every 334 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:07.840 easy leaving you know, your family. But again, this is 335 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:10.600 the sacrifices that you have to make to play this 336 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:14.679 game and definitely wouldn't change it for the world for sure. 337 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:18.320 When when Logan Cooley isn't playing hockey, what's Logan Cooley doing? 338 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:21.480 Is I was talking video games? Are you an outdoors guy? 339 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:23.480 You like to get out, you like to read movies? 340 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:24.200 What? What? 341 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:25.600 What are some things you like to do when you're 342 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:27.600 not playing hockey? To kind of keep your mind right. 343 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:31.879 Yeah, I mean, I think it's always especially during the year, 344 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:34.240 on your off days, you're usually pretty tired and just 345 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:36.960 want to chill. So I think just you know, getting 346 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:40.159 on the video games with some of my buddies back home, 347 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:44.759 or in the summertime, when you know, not playing hockey, 348 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.840 it's always fun to get out on the course and 349 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:50.960 just kind of relax. It's a good way to kind 350 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:52.679 of take your mind off hockey and just be with 351 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:55.320 your buddies. So I like to be active too. I 352 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:57.480 don't like to just you know, kind of sit inside 353 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:59.320 all day. But those are some things that you know 354 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:01.080 for sure like to do all right. 355 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:02.879 Log and last thing and I'll set you loose, you know. 356 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:05.839 Your general manager, Bill Armstrong has been very adamant that 357 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:08.000 this is still a rebuild, and it's a step by 358 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:12.039 step rebuild. Obviously expediting the process with Sergachev and some others. 359 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:15.400 This offseason has allowed some vets cole guys like that 360 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.160 to kind of permeate into a young locker room and 361 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:21.200 maybe you grow faster than any of us expect. Is 362 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:24.000 it playoffs or bust? Is it one game at a time? 363 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:26.440 Is it let's lift the Trophy. What's what's the team's 364 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:29.599 approach to another year and an incremental rebuild, and what 365 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:31.079 do you think the fan base should expect. 366 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:36.440 Yeah, I mean I think, you know, it's always having 367 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:39.720 a winning attitude. And for me, I just I don't 368 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:42.000 like to have limits on anything. I think anything is 369 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:45.200 possible when you know, you come together as a group 370 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:48.000 and and you work towards the same goal. So I 371 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:52.119 think just you know, taking it day by day. It's 372 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:54.279 you know, we have a thing you know around the 373 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:56.880 rink that you know, our coach always talks about it 374 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:58.960 is just one the day, and I think that's super 375 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:03.119 important kind of just focus on whether it's just practice, 376 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:06.039 whether it's the game. I think just you know, coming 377 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:08.839 together as a group and just putting one foot in 378 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:12.559 front of the other. You know. Obviously it's like you said, 379 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:15.720 it's still we're trying to kind of build our team 380 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:19.759 and being a successful NHL team, and that obviously takes time. 381 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:21.559 But you know, I think for us, we're ready to 382 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:25.519 kind of you know, start being extremely competitive, start you know, 383 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:29.160 winning games and obviously pushing for the playoffs. So that's 384 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:31.759 all we have in mind, is, you know, is making 385 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:34.119 the playoffs and doing things the right way to make 386 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.920 sure we get there. 387 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:37.759 Last thing, Why ninety two? Why number ninety two? I 388 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:39.960 read that's the highest war number in Minnesota. 389 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:44.039 Go for history. Why'd you land on ninety two? Yeah? 390 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:48.000 When I first committed there, there was a guy that 391 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:51.960 took eighteen, and I didn't want to be, you know, 392 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:54.440 taking his number. So I were eighteen for a while 393 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:58.480 growing up, and I don't know, I just thought there's 394 00:18:58.519 --> 00:19:01.960 no specific reason. I just thought maybe i'd switch it 395 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:04.400 up a little bit and just love the way. Ninety 396 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:09.319 two had a pretty good year at Minnesota, so I 397 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:12.079 kept it, and you know, I think it looks pretty. 398 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:13.880 Good up there, all right, Budd, I appreciate the time. 399 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:15.519 It's great to have you guys here. Been a long 400 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:18.000 time hockey fan and a long time hosting this market 401 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:20.079