Barrett Jackman

And then the next year, he ended up ending my season by...

by smoking me and dislocating my shoulder.

So, and he was the first one in the tunnel after the game too, to make sure I was okay.

So, you know, those battles, uh, respected, uh, you know, the hell out of them.

But, uh, he was, he was so good, uh, that year too.

I think he was up for the, uh, for the MVP of the league and,

He, uh, he was, he was dominant and I took a lot of pride in, uh, you know, trying to, trying to stop him.

Now, were you one of those guys that you have to like hype yourself up for something like that?

Or it just kind of came naturally to you where you knew for you to stick around to be the player that you were, you had to play like that night in night out.

I had to play like that every night.

I didn't have to hype myself up to do it, but, you know, I just, I took pride in the defensive side of the game.

Every time that you, you know, you get to play some of the best players in the world, you want to, you know, kind of compete with them.

So, you know, playing against, you know, Patty Kane so many times too, tried to make it hard on him, you know, matched up against him, you know, every shift.

And I remember one time I maybe got away with a cheap shot.

I hit him in the back.

I've written the kidneys probably a little harder than I should have after a whistle.

And he turned around and, you know, just kind of had that surprised look on his face.

Like, what did you just do to me?

You know, it was the one time I maybe felt a little bit bad for maybe a second or two, but yeah.

you know, feeling went away.