Stadium Series blog: Seth Jarvis

Carolina Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis will keep a blog throughout the 2023 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series. The Hurricanes will play the Washington Capitals at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN360, TVAS2). In his second entry, Jarvis discusses the time he spent with his family after his first NHL hat trick on Thursday in a 6-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens, his impressions after Carolina's practice at Carter-Finley, and rumors that he will be a target for other teams at the NHL Trade Deadline on March 3.

There was definitely a lot of adrenaline and excitement after last night, and just calming down took a little longer than usual. But I came home and my brother and dad were there. They bring me down to earth pretty quick, like my brother chirping me.
My mother is trying to come down from Winnipeg right now. She's having a little trouble with the airports. She was a little sad about not being here Thursday night, but it was fun FaceTiming her after the game. She had no voice left, so I'm sure she was yelling the whole game.
My brother is six years older than I am, so I grew up going to his games, going to the rink with him, watching his practices. I wanted to be him. My parents worked a ton. They worked multiple jobs just to be able to put us through hockey and school, so there were days when not everyone was home, and my brother maybe couldn't go out and hang out with his friends because he's got to drive me to practice. He had to take a lot of responsibility early to get me places I needed to go.
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He played Junior A until he was 20. Now he's actually one of my skills coaches in the summer. I'm with him every day. It's cool to see him in the summer. He knows what buttons to push on me, and if I'm not having a good day, he knows how to ramp me up and get me going.
My parents never took a vacation just so I could travel places to play hockey, so I'm forever indebted to them. Everything now is kind of trying to give back to them and provide them with a happy rest of their life.
As for the stadium today, I think I spent a little too much time looking around, taking in all the sights and sounds. It's really cool. It's a little bit different having people so far away from the glass. People are talking about depth perception. I can understand how that's a little bit different, but when you start focusing on the drills and start playing, it's pretty normal.
There's a little bit of wind and the lights are kind of brighter, so it helps to have the eye black and the tinted visor. At the end of the day, it's just another hockey rink, but it happens to be in the middle of a football stadium.
I do want to enjoy it and take in every moment, but I don't want to get out of the game. I want to play well and I obviously want to win. When the game starts, I'm going to forget everything that is going on around me. But for the warmup at least, I'm going to take advantage of the moment and look around and enjoy it. I think I'm going to be star struck a little bit because I don't know what that looks like, so it will be cool. I'm looking forward to walking out that long walk because the fans are right there and the band section, so it will be sweet.

I'm happy with how my season is going. I think a lot of other aspects of my game have been really developed over this time. Obviously, points are going to come and go, but I've matured not only as a player but as a person. I think it's helped me be the best teammate I can.
It's easy to be a good guy when you're scoring goals, but when you're struggling, that's how you find out how their character is. My attitude hasn't changed whether I'm scoring a hat trick or I haven't scored in 18 games.
More recently, it's the first time I've ever been told I'm in the mix of a trade. I never really clued into the idea that you could be on a different team in a day. That made me really appreciate all the guys around here. I love everyone around here. I hope I don't go anywhere. For me, it's just enjoying every moment because I could be one practice away from the last time I go on the ice with Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Martin Necas, Andrei Svechnikov, all these guys.
When I first started hearing it, it went through my mind a lot. It was tough because I love it here and I don't want to leave. Any time it creeps in your head, it stinks a little bit. Now I just figure, whatever happens, happens. If they trade me, they trade me. If not, hopefully I'm going to be a big part of this team. I view myself as someone who can contribute in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and turn it on when it matters most. Whether or not that happens really isn't up to me.