We're really beginning to analyze what's going on the last couple of years, and how can we best use that to our advantage,

I just tried to be more aggressive. Sometimes it takes a little bit at the beginning of the year to get comfortable with your delivery or just being in that environment again. You've just got to tell yourself to be aggressive.

Obviously we weren't pleased with our record at the beginning of the year, but we continually looked at the positives. We have improved every week since North Carolina.

At the beginning of the year, I didn't know how to handle it because I had never gone through anything like this before. At the end of the year, they were playing phenomenal, I wanted to be with them, be part of the team.

Kevin played very well in rookie camp in Ottawa at the beginning of September. He impressed us in training camp here in Carolina with his speed and work ethic and has continued to play well in Lowell.

Some people are looking at breakevens that are lower than feeder contract prices. The summer contracts are beginning to soften, but there have been opportunities to hedge them for a reasonable margin.