Landon Ferraro

Like you think one thing and then all of a sudden that's gone and you're like, is this even going to happen?

And you could, I mean, he said it, he's like,

when he gave his little talk after the game, when he got the, the player of the game, you know, just like, I didn't know if this was going to happen.

And it's a, as much as he's making a joke, like that's a legitimate fear.

Like, I don't know if I'm ever going to score and to make it to the level and not be able to put one in, I couldn't even imagine that not regret because you were clearly trying, but like just thinking about that would be really, really tough.

I think he would have played way... I don't want to say way more games, but he would have played 15 games this year for sure, but he had some injuries down in Abbotsford, so that definitely pulled him back.

To me, I remember watching the training camp last year, and like a lot of people, when there was exhibition games, you're like, what is this player?

Where did he come from?

And

Then doing the whole run in Abbotsford, like, I forget the number now, but he went, like, I want to say 30-ish games in a row not being a minus player.

And that's through playoffs, the stretch run down it.

And he was playing big minutes.

Like, you know, that's a plus minus is a dumb stat a lot of the time.

But you can't make it that long just getting lucky, right?

And the way that his offense was building, like he's someone to me, if he's 6'2", he's in the NHL as a full-timer already.

As he, much like Linus Carlsen, where I've talked about how at the American League level, the NHL level, like he's the exact same player.

His game doesn't change.

Whether he wants to or not, this is who he is as a player.

Kudryazov is very much the same.

When he is playing with better players that are in the right spots and ready for all of that, he makes really good pop plays.