Landon Ferraro

Right?

Like, that, to me...

is a guy that understands what he is.

And without those injuries, again, I really feel like he would have played 15-ish games this year.

But it is tough.

When you don't do anything that is flashy...

Like Ty Mueller, who's come in and done just fine as well.

Like those are two players that don't do anything flashy, don't grab your eye.

But when you really focus and watch them, Ty Mueller makes a ton of really good, smart plays all over the ice.

Like, he's able to make them move and kind of get it.

And Kudryazov is kind of the same in that sense.

But it's hard to find your way up the ladder in a depth chart situation when you are that.

is in the right positions can maybe not get completely flattened against tough minutes I know how to use that I just think it's different when you're like the subtle guy if you're a defenseman yeah and I'm not arguing that like the only reason I brought him up is this is the fact that they don't do anything that like a single play that you're gonna be sitting in your seat and you're like whoa who is that yeah yeah right like that's super that's not gonna happen but

But again, for when you're looking at a team that's just entering a rebuild and you have a guy like Kudryatsev that isn't your stereotypical, like, I want that guy in my top six for defense.

And you have William, Philander, Pettersson, Mancini, Mineo down in Abbotsford.

Like, you have a bunch of defensemen now that

well, you're going to get surprised by one of them, hopefully more than one of them.

And all of a sudden, maybe Kudryatsev comes in next year, comes to camp, and is undeniable that, like, no, I'm going to be the 6'7 defenseman.

Like, I deserve the shot.

That's great.