Kruser and I had a big pasta night last night, we thought we were eating pretty healthy. Now I'm not so sure if it was the right thing or not according to a big nutrition lecture we had today. It turns out nutrition is really cool as you dive into it. You can go so deep into it and how much it affects your play is crazy.

Well, the hard work of Day 2 has just wrapped up and I'm off to play some NHL on Twitch with Brandon Kruse and Nicolas Hague. That'll be a riot, but beyond that I'm not quite sure what I'll be doing tonight.

I was well rested heading into the second day of Development Camp. Kruser and I made it back to the hotel by about 7 p.m. after dinner and tried to lay by the pool for about 30 minutes before it closed, but I'd say we were in bed by 8:30, 9 o'clock. These days of testing and practices will really take it out of you, but I was up by 6 o'clock, bright and early again. We ate some breakfast and since I was in the second practice group of the morning, went straight to T-Mobile Arena and toured that beautiful facility. It's unbelievable, off the hook. I can talk about being drafted anywhere, but to come to a place like Vegas with the facilities that we have here, it's crazy. There's so much running through our heads here with how much is going on and how incredible everything in this organization is. Even though we were at T-Mobile, we only really got a small glimpse of The Strip, so I hope we get to see it a little more after the camp is finished and check it out for real, but it was still cool to see the skyline.

We got back to the practice rink for our first of two skates today. It's funny hitting the ice twice, it's like being back in the mini mites days of skating two or three times a day. It was good, the equipment was a little wet, but all good, it'll be dry tomorrow.

The first session on the ice was more of a testing than practice. We did a lot of skating forward, backward and weaving between cones with pucks. I'm pretty sure I was jinxed though. Before we started, one of the coaches was talking about how no one had messed up yet. It was the last drill of the day and I was the second to last to go and I hit a cone. It took about 10 minutes to get everything restarted. That kind of stuff is bound to happen with the nerves, but I was able to shake it off and the second time through I did a little bit better.

In between practices we cooled down a little bit and did some stretching, ate some things here and there. We had a cooking class, which I think is really important for me as we are learning about the importance of nutrition and, like I said yesterday, I'm not the best cook. So we got some tips on that, but other than that guys just pretty much chilled, got a little workout in and had some protein shakes.

The second practice was a little easier, even if the intensity was increased a little bit. It was a lot of flow drills and two-on-one type drills. Getting through all the testing really helped calm the nerves it seems. Getting a good, high-intensity practice like that without many nerves is important before the scrimmages start tomorrow. We'll clear out those last bits of cobwebs off tomorrow morning before we start playing the games. I'm excited for those.