Jad Abumrad

Um, so I was in my bedroom in Arizona and they called and it was one of the higher ups in the NHL and he just, you know, wanted to know how I was feeling.

It was getting really close to the end of the voting.

I just said, yeah, I, you know, I, I want to go to the game.

I think it'll be fun.

I think it'll be good for everybody involved.

And he's like, really, are you sure?

Like, um, you think you'll be able to keep up?

You think you're good enough?

Like, uh, you're not exactly a skill guy, John.

And they started that way and I just kind of brushed it off.

You know, I was like, yeah, I can skate pretty well.

I'm a good, decent hockey player.

And he goes, well, you know, what do, what do you, have you talked to your dad?

What do you think?

First he goes, are you, is your dad alive?

And I was like, yeah, he's alive.

Like, what do you think he's going to think about this situation?

You know, you think you're, you know, going to make him proud, uh,

And I was like, what?

Like, I don't think that has anything to do with this.