Well, you’ve obviously never seen me skate. =)

No, all jokes aside, you’re absolutely right. He was one of those guys that you had to see in person before you believed was real. I’ll never forget the first time I saw Kris Draper in person. I was probably 11 and it was right after he came from the Jets. And when you watch at home, you don’t always get to see what guys do away from the puck, and if you just kept your eyes glued to Draper, you’d realize how special he was in terms of pure beauty on blades.

Sergei Fedorov was exactly the same… in a “different” way. The speed with which he could do stuff was mind-boggling, particularly in that era of hockey. The game has sped up and we’re blessed with the likes of Darren Helm, but what Fedorov could do at mach one was just insane. One hell of a player in those years.