«I really wanted to go to a team that had a chance to win,» Hyman said at the NHL/NHLPA Player Media Tour. «I saw Edmonton as a parallel to Toronto in the sense that it was a young group of elite players with a few disappointing finishes, so a really hungry group that wants to win.»
«To win a Stanley Cup (is my goal),» Hyman explained. «The players that are there, that's one of the reasons I wanted to go to Edmonton and be a part of a team that had elite, elite talent and help them put it all together. No different than when I was in Toronto, the expectation was to win and the expectation in Edmonton will be to win.»