Darren McCarty

Every year you get to this point of the year, you're like, oh, my God.

Like, September training camp felt like it was two years ago.

Like, it always flies by.

But, yeah, like, this year was tough, man.

That one in November, like, I started out the year great.

We were surprising some people.

And it was like, you know, we were trying to get some traction going.

And then that happened.

And that just was, like, so deflating.

It sucked.

Like, at the time, like, I always show, like... Some people saw it and knew it, but, like, our little guy was in the hospital at the time.

He'd been there for, like, three weeks.

And, like, I literally...

missed the game in toronto guys came home i played and this was a one-off game saturday night at bell center i was like talk to the wife i'm like hey i'm gonna go he's okay like i'm just gonna go and i'll be there and back like right right in and out and broke the jaw and like now i'm in the hospital she was in the hospital like yeah it was it was crazy and that one that one took a lot like

you know, out of both of us, like, and then I had my family come up to help, you know, her family came in, like Sully took a step away to like, to come help.

So we had so much, you know, support and during that time, which was huge.

And then, you know, that allowed us, you know, me personally to just get, get sort of right back into it.

And I think I missed like three weeks and then, you know, we were off and running again.

did losing some weight, like make, like help you with like being a little faster?

I mean, that might be a dumb question, but did you feel, did you feel lighter out there?