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"When Jack Williams the team didn't have an owner and we didn't know what was going to happen, it wasn't worth looking into and wasting your energy on. I Arizona Republic learned from them to be happy and take it one day at a time." Conditioning for Phase 3 of the NHL Return to Play plan hasn't been a Arizona Republic LOADED: 07.08.2020 challenge for Coyotes captain Oliver Ekman-Larsson. When the NHL announced it would be taking a pause due to the coronavirus pandemic, he headed home to Sweden, where the country remained open. There he was able to train with fewer restrictions compared to the United States, and spent time with family to get his mind off of what was going on in the world. However, while he said that he is in a better physical place than he was when the season was suspended, it has been tougher mentally to get through the past few months. "With this virus going around, I haven't felt so good mentally," Ekman- Larsson said in a conference call with reporters on Tuesday. "Going back home and being around my family really helped that situation. I benefited from the physical part of being away. For the mental part, it was nice to get away from it." Recharged and now back in Arizona for voluntary skates, Ekman- Larsson is still making some adjustments to the "new normal" on and off the ice. In Sweden, face masks were not required to be worn in public. So when he was back in the U.S., Ekman-Larsson found himself leaving his mask in the car or misplacing it from time to time. "You see people wearing masks all over the place now, so you get reminded about that," Ekman-Larsson said. "I feel like that was a little bit of a wake-up call to really know that it's around and it's important to wear the mask to stop this." Leading the Coyotes from afar was also a periodic struggle for Ekman- Larsson, but he said he's seen a lot of his teammates step up into a leadership role alongside him. While it might be hard to keep in contact consistently over Zoom, he said the team has a strong relationship and teammates that really care for each other. That strong bond between teammates is something that the Coyotes are looking to capitalize on going into the postseason, specifically between the younger core and those with playoff experience.