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“Why do you put on an act? Why don’t you let people see how good you are?” His eyes avert to his plate. “Well, that’s a big question to start with.” I cross my legs on my chair and turn it towards him, giving him my full attention. “We have a five-course dinner to get through. We have plenty of time.” A relaxed smile lifts on Zanders’ lips. He looks back to me, hesitating for a moment before pushing his plate away. “When I got picked up by Chicago seven years ago, I already had a bit of a reputation from my college days. Chicago was looking for an enforcer, someone to protect the other guys on the ice, and I fit the bill. Then the following year, I kind of ran with that narrative, but it wasn’t until the next season when Maddison got traded, and we ended up signing with the same agent,
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