Randeep Janda

So anytime...

You lose somebody like that who's been around us really as fans.

For me personally, I watched him growing up here in Vancouver, then got to work alongside him in the gondola.

It's such a loss for the community.

And my thoughts go to John's family, of course, his closest friends.

um it's an emotional time but you're right in the sense that this is also a time where we can remember and celebrate the special person that he was and for me cheech you know there's so many things right where he's a broadcaster uh he was a fan of the game obviously you know he was just uh he was i feel like he was a comedian he was an amazing person and unfortunately you know there's a lot of sadness at this time as well because he was a special person but i think looking back at it we can

and also appreciate the time we had with him, whether it was in person or watching him on TV.

Yeah, he meant a lot.

him play because he retired the year before I was born.

As a player, John Garrett didn't really register for me until well after the fact when I was looking up the All-Star game and all of the games that he played and all the moments he had.

From a broadcasting perspective, guys,

He was big, right?

He informed me as a fan growing up in the city, first and foremost.

He was a part of my story as a hockey fan.

And that trio of Murph, Cheech and Shorty, for everybody in the city, if you watch Canucks hockey, even internationally, they had a role in it.

So first and foremost, just bringing that fun to the game, which is so important.

Sometimes I think we overthink the game.

This is supposed to be fun.

And Cheech reminded us that

to be a fun game.