"Reading it over and over I understood why it was plain and simple and to the point," Tootoo says. "I understood exactly what he meant by 'Go all the way,' meaning go to the NHL and take care of the family financially because he was the one who always tried to keep things afloat for our family. And with 'You are the man,' he never really got a lot of credit for being a leader as far as paving the way for a lot of the young kids in the north because everyone kind of looked at me like the one who was going to make it."