Atu Ratu

Yeah, it was awesome.

It was great to be back home in Finland.

Obviously, it was great to be in Switzerland and Zurich was awesome.

But after the season, went straight away to Czechia for a camp and then Sweden for a camp.

So it was just really nice to be home and back home with all the Finnish people and the fans.

But it was really great.

the celebration next to the Olympic Stadium with all those people that came out and being able to meet some of the fans and just kind of seeing everybody celebrate.

It was awesome.

Yeah, I mean, it's awesome.

I mean, obviously, still, you know, a lot of positives and a lot of things to improve from the regular season with the Canucks, but then...

Yeah, getting this opportunity and kind of being able to focus on something new and kind of getting a break from, obviously not a break from hockey, but just kind of everything that happened last year.

I think it was great for me mentally.

And also, I mean, such an awesome experience to be playing for Team Finland and being able to succeed.

And obviously it was nice to, I think, with the exhibitions too, I think we won maybe...

13 games or 12 games or something.

So it was obviously great to get some wins too.

Obviously, we lost a lot more games than we would have hoped last year.

So it's always good to end out a win.

Yeah, I think really, really happy for Manny, too, for him to get a head coaching job in the NHL.

I think he's a great coach, and I really liked having him in Abbotsford, and I thought he really helped me a lot.