It's an honor to be up here with some of the best players in SHL history. I never imagined when I signed up for this site in July of 2016 that I'd still be here nearly 8 years later, or that Joe K would be part of four years of my real life. (Maybe careers are a bit too long here....)

I've been lucky to make some awesome friends here, which is the most important thing.

But I'm also blessed to have had this player. I've always been most proud of him being arguably the best player in SHL playoff history, always seeming to produce when things mattered most. And in the chaos that is/was STHS, that was never guaranteed. I was very lucky to be drafted into Calgary to start my career, and just as lucky to have awesome players around Joe K when we started New Orleans. I can't forget that one magical season in Edmonton either (where Joe K mayyyybe should've won another MVP that season, just saying haha) where we went 41-6-3, again feeling nearly impossible in STHS. I was happy Joe K got to play for Buffalo too, being from Buffalo myself, and a lot of his "backstory and lore" was related to coming from Buffalo. Even if the end was, well, not great. There were so many good times that were had.

The SHL rules.

Thank you for the fantastic write up.