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This is a weekly feature that attempts to highlight rare Vancouver jerseys and the people who wear them. This week belongs to former Vancouver Canuck Nikita Tryamkin and Jason Bothe.

Jersey:

Canucks Camouflage jersey #88 Tryamkin



When did you get it?

I always try and make it to the army nights that they do (at Rogers). So I got the jersey at one of those. And a friend of mine who works for the Canucks in merchandising had hooked up my kids with some customized jerseys.

I don’t know if it was two years ago when they marched in the Pride parade, but I saw the coloured rainbow writing and I just said "Oh my god, that’s amazing." They only did the one-off of those, but I guess this year they had extra and so I texted her and said "Oh man, can I get a jersey?" And she said "Well, they are pretty limited, but what one would you want?"



Why him?

At that time, Tryamkin was my favourite player, he’s big and was just kind of the protoypical Canuck—strong, takes care of his own end and whatnot—so he was my favourite at the time. He left, I’m upset. But it kind of makes the jersey more rare and I’m still hoping he comes back.



And so I got it put on the camo jersey, just sort of a rainbow warrior thing. I liked the colour clash, the camouflage and the rainbow.

Nathan Caddell

Do you wear it to games?

I do yeah. I’ve got a bunch of different jerseys and stuff, but this one, if I’m sitting in the lower bowl, I like to wear it.

Do you get a lot of comments on it?

Oh yeah, people are like ‘Where did you get that? What is that thing?’ Now that Tryamkin’s gone, I get ‘Oh nice one buddy, way to think that one through.’



I’m still a fan of Tryamkin and a big die-hard Canucks fan. I remember I got a Canucks jacket in kindergarten with the old school hockey stick. I wore that thing until it was too small, with pop rocks stuck in the pocket. I wish I still had it but I don’t.



If you want to be featured in a future Jerseys of Vancouver, email n_caddell@straight.com and explain why you think your jersey is rare and what it means to you.