“I loved my time in Vancouver, made a lot of great friends. Some of those guys that I’ve been there with for three years, we went through a lot of ups and a lot of downs together, I think that helps kind of create a bond,” he told TSN in an interview. “I think, especially particularly last year, it was a very very challenging year, but probably the year that I learned the most, my biggest year of learning I think, throughout the course of my career. Just so many ups and downs, so many challenges with the team, so much change, different guys getting traded, called up, all that. It was a lot of adversity but I think also a lot of learning and growth.”