Barrett Jackman

tough it was a bad year no I had no clue yeah it was a terrible year it was Zetterberg and Nash really those guys aren't that good so uh they uh yeah those two guys kind of had a you know a slow first half of the season and uh you know weren't really racking up the points and I was lucky to play with uh with Al so and you got Al McInnes one of the greatest defensemen to ever play the games on your right side it made things so much easier for me and

Yeah, I definitely did not think I was winning it.

I just remember Brian Burke, he was the GM of Vancouver at the time, and he came up to me in the green room at the awards and just kind of said to me, he goes, hey, you know what, you might not win this, you probably won't, but you deserve it more than those other guys.

So, you know, I hope you get it.

And, you know, that's something that, you know, kind of really stuck with me over the years.

Did you even think that you would stick in the NHL in training camp?

Like, I know you were a high pick and stuff like that, but like,

all of a sudden you go from going to your camp and then you're playing with Al McInnes?

Yeah, I kind of knew.

That was the year that Prongs was out with, he had knee surgery and wrist surgery.

So, you know, I was coming in and I played two games a year before and, you know, they put a lot of faith in me.

They put me on the ice quite a bit and played against Detroit and,

It's the last game of the season.

And then I played game five of the second round of playoffs at Joe Lewis.

So, uh, I kind of had a, an idea and I, you know, I worked my ass off as much as I could to get the opportunity and then, you know, being paired with Al, uh,

you know, got in training camp and a few different partners and, you know, just kind of ran with it.

And, you know, I didn't want to go back to the minors.

It was, uh, you know, the always hungry league is, uh, it's a tough time.

Yeah.

What's the mass?