(Please Note: Some questions have been edited for clarity.)
How did you celebrate your birthday? - @Evansdad05 / @autumn\_pence / @josh\_holdner98
We
won a hockey game in Buffalo
, and then I went to Mexico the next day.
How was Mexico?
Unbelievable. That was my first kind of real vacation. I got sick on the boat though, so that kind of sucked. I should've seen that coming, there aren't too many oceans in Winnipeg. We went snorkeling one day and we spent a total of six hours on the boat. Probably about two or three hours in I was just like, 'I don't feel great.' Then I got sick all over the side of the boat. It was gross.
Who did you go with?
In our resort it was KK (Jesperi Kotkaniemi), Turbo (Teuvo Teravainen), and Rants (Antti Raanta). Then in the one right beside us was Fishy (Sebastian Aho), and then five minutes away was Neci (Martin Necas). So I learned a bit of Finnish.
How much did you learn?
I picked up a lot, but I can't say any of it here.
What was the biggest eye-opening difference you immediately saw with NHL play versus your last Winterhawks season? - @johnnybolla
Playing against guys that I grew up watching is strange. Everyone's just massive and so strong. So that's a lot tougher.
What was the moment when you thought, "Dang, I'm an NHLer?" - @haylscaniac
I still haven't had that moment and it's weird. I come to practice with all of these guys and I think, "Wow, this is sick." Then I go home, sleep and I'm just a normal 21-year-old.
But when I'm in here and I skate next to guys like Chatty (Jalen Chatfield, who, conveniently happened to be sitting right next to Jarvis for this interview), that's when I think, "Wow, I'm an NHLer."
Jalen Chatfield: "Yeah, okay. Me? Of all guys? Not Brent Burns?"
Laughter]*
*[Video: CAR@CHI: Jarvis tallies breakaway goal
How much of a transition was it moving from the Pacific Northwest to Raleigh? Was there anything local to the PNW that you wish were in Raleigh? - @jws2253
I loved it up there, so that's a good question.
What I miss about my time up there are my friends and my teammates. Obviously, I love the guys here, but you always have special bonds with guys that you were teammates with, right?
Jaydon Dureau, Reece Newkirk, Cross Hanas, Clay Hanus, Robbie Fromm-Delorme, those guys. If I could get them all to the Canes organization, I'd be a happy man.
Why did you choose to wear #24? - @Alexis39026696
I was a huge Kobe Bryant fan.
My parents both grew up playing a lot of basketball. My mom actually played collegiately, so because of that, I grew up loving and playing a lot. Kobe was my guy for a while.
I always wore #4 or #44 before that because of my brother, but then when I went to Portland #44 was taken by the captain, so that wasn't an option. #24 it was then.
Favorite arena to play in besides PNC? - @michmondo
Madison Square Garden.
Really? Why?
It's historic.
I thought you'd say Winnipeg.
Do you think I love going back to Winnipeg when it's freezing?
(Editor's Note: He has a point. At the time of this interview it was 72 degrees in Raleigh, and 15 in Winnipeg.)
