Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper delivers a treat to Chicago Blackhawks fans

"The biggest thing about Jeff Blashill is he cares. And you match a guy that truly, truly cares about not only winning, but the players, the players' best interests, the organization's best interests, like, there's a care factor there. And he's got like an unparalleled work ethic. So, that's a really good combination to have. Blash is one of those guys, he's got charisma, he's engaging, he can read the room."

"I think his time in Detroit was a learning experience. It was humbling for him. I think coming to us and experiencing winning like he did earlier in his career, because he'd been in one organization for a long time, not that it was better or worse anywhere else, but it's just somewhere he got to experience something different and take a step back, learn from what he thought he did well and some of his mistakes."

"He's sat in the room now with Nikita Kucherov, Hall of Famer, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Hall of Famer, Victor Hedman, Hall of Famer, Steven Stamkos, Hall of Famer. You go through the group of players that he's been able to surround himself with. Some of them were older, yes, but you look at Conor Geekie, a high first-round pick who came into the league at 20 years old and watching him develop and how we did things. So I think it's a pretty good education on both sides of the fence."