from Josh Berenter of the Wings website,

"I was always really impressed with how he continued his career at a critical moment when I became the head coach and changed his game," Blashill said Thursday. "I thought that was an example of Jimmy's commitment to his craft. He worked really hard at this craft. I was in great respect of that.

"He had a great, great early part of his career and then the game had changed a little bit, and he worked with our goalie coaches to change his game so he could adapt because he wanted to be great."

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