"Alex Steen one day to Vladimir Tarasenko, it wasn't too long after Chief took over as head coach, Vladdy kinda got into a 'f*** you' match with him and Steener looked at Vladdy in between periods - while taping his sticks - 'you know who Chief is, right' and Vladdy was like no and he's all pissed off at him and I'm like 'Vladdy, let's take a moment and let's look at some of Chief's videos and just figure who we have right now behind the bench. Who the bench boss is, who he is, how much respect he has from the ref, the other coach, the players who know who he is; he's a guy that f*****g played hard, he played over a thousand games, 300+ fights, the guy's a legend, he played the right way, a f*****g good Alberta boy and tough and hilarious'
He deserves to be behind the bench of a great team and I think the Maple Leafs are very lucky to have him, it's a great hiring."