Jared Matheson

**Jared Bradley Matheson** is one of the main characters of the *Impaired Judgment (and Other Excuses)* series within the You Could Make a Life universe, along with Bryce Marcus.

## Personal life

He's from Calgary, Alberta, where he stayed with his parents while he was playing in the WHL. He has a younger sister and, even if they were close as kids, their relationship is currently tense. His dad’s an electrician, and his mom’s the office manager of a construction company.

He started dating Bryce Marcus in the summer of 2015 and they moved in together in the summer of 2016. The got engaged in mid-March 2017 and got married in July 2018. Eventually, they will have four kids: Ben, Blythe, James (Jamie) and Emma (Emmy).

After retiring from playing hockey, he gets an online MBA in hockey management and works in hockey ops a few levels under the NHL.

## Playing career

He played in the WHL for the Calgary Hitmen.

He's a pretty adaptable two way forward. He’s not *terrible*in the face-off dot, he’s fairly defensively reliable. He’s more of a playmaker than a scorer, but he’s not bad at the latter either. Good hockey IQ. Fast. Scouts have his size and strength as his deficits, as well as the fact he avoids physical play, sometimes to the detriment of his game. He has the potential to be a really solid second line winger putting in extra time on the PK.

He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers 40th overall in 2016, but he remained with the Calgary Hitmen during the 2016/2017 season. He signed an ELC with the Oilers (925,000, with a signing bonus of 92,500) that season.

In the 2017/2018 season, he started the season playing with the team, but was sent down to the Bakersfield Condors before his ELC kicked in. He was sent back up soon after, when Mike Brouwer is out with a concussion. Julius Halla is his road roommate, and initially his hotel roommate in Edmonton too. He ends up living in the same building as Julius when they both buy apartments.

He requested a trade in late 2018 and got traded to the Boston Bruins with Victor Jacobi and a 5th round pick at the trade deadline in 2019 for a 2nd round pick, a 3rd round pick, and a D prospect with bottom four ceiling. He was then traded to Vancouver later that same day with an AHLer RW for a 3rd round pick and 4th line/bubble centre. In summer 2020 he signed a 2-year (5M) contract with Vancouver as an RFA.

### Milestones

He got his tenth goal against the Canucks, while his first goal with the Canucks was against the Kings.

## Personality and physical appearance

He's judgmental and can be a bit calculating, but would not hang around somebody unless he genuinely liked them. He's an ISTJ. He just doesn't like most people (is made of condescension and mockery).He does not like it when things are out of his control. His love language is Physical Touch, even if he expresses affection with more people through quality time.

He has brown hair and brown eyes, and he's very pretty. His playoff beard is pretty bad.

## Trivia

* He hates mushrooms.
* He doesn't like sushi and he's allergic to shellfish. Seaweed is gross.
* He would be a Slytherin.
* In the money scale, he's in the "Things might be little tight for a while, but it’s okay, honey" category.
* He has a crush on David Chapman.
* He's a Flames fan.
* Fucking his clone has always been his fantasy.
* He has a celebrity crush on Sebastian Stan.
* He loves blue gatorade (and dislikes the rest).
* He plays Peach in Mario Kart.
* He's scared of horses and terrified of spiders.
* In the reaction to cold scale, he's "I am dressed appropriately for the weather."
* He watches Community on Netflix.
* He was good and diligent in school.
* He likes really minimalist art and a lot of black and white photography.
* He likes using proper capitalisation when texting.
* Doesn’t cry at weddings but would cry at his own.
* He's a lightweight.
* He drives a Honda Civic.
* He's a bitchy patient.
* He likes blue lagoon because it tastes like blue gatorade.
* He was voted Best Bromance with Julius Halla.

## References

1. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/167250563536/so-im-not-canadian-and-i-have-no-grasp-on
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