"I am from Mexico," he said. "When I was young, I weighed 300 pounds. People laughed at me. How he got from me to that, I don't know."

Explaining his son's journey to the NHL might not be easy, but it's certainly fascinating. Raffi Torres navigated a terrain defined by opportunity, work ethic and even discrimination, and all explain who the Phoenix Coyotes' recent acquisition is today.

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