every time i see sidney crosby described as having “a low center of gravity” i believe the writer wanted to say “huge ass” and their editor wouldn’t let them
i believe the NHL all-star game is like being in a wedding party. you’re not friends but you’re together for a weekend with the one thing in common and you do leave with little inside jokes and appreciating the time (u have also promised to stay friends which u do not)
not to be an optimist, but young players knowing their union has their back is good for the future of this sport. a marty walsh W, cue dropkick murphys
just in case anyone wants to know, geno has 180 points which is still better than anyone else but he has to live in the shadow of that short canadian forever
happy september! finally almost hockey season, therefore i submit my request for a new law: make it illegal to show goalies who got just pulled sitting on the bench looking sad in their little baseball hat
it’s very important to list kris letang’s remarkable achievements as he plays his 1000th game tonight but let’s not ignore the obvious for the sake of decorum. he’s a 10. a true 10, not a fake hockey guy 10. like actually one of the hottest and most beautiful men i’ve ever seen
let’s stop being annoying about henrik lundqvist and carey price’s on ice accomplishments and agree that they were both too hot to spend so much time in masks and little goalie shells
he may miss shifts and take years off of everyone’s life when he disappears for a bit but at least no one has to drag his fat ass across the ice because his blade snapped out
EVGENI MALKIN HAS A HART, A CALDER, A CONN SMYTHE, 2X ART ROSS, THREE CUPS, A TED LINDSAY, AND WILL RETIRE AS THE PENGUINS LEADER IN PENALTY MINUTES. HIS KNEES DONT WORK AND HES DEFENSIVELY IRRESPONSIBLE BUT HES A PPG PLAYER AND VERY TALL
if i could impress one thing upon everyone it’s that sidney crosby would hit all of the small children you think he loves (nathan, mitch, etc) with hammers if it meant another ring
sincere question for those of you that root for multiple teams: when they play each other, is it really painful and you hope both teams have fun or is there a favorite child?
my advice for every new hockey fan is to quickly internalize how absurd it is that this contact sport has an 82 game regular season and that your team will lose more than you’d like and also look bad and tired sometimes
if you’re a penguins podcast and you preface “Nedeljkovic” with some version of “i’m never gonna pronounce this right,” I stop listening. Fucking learn how to pronounce names on the team you cover. You’re speaking into a microphone for your job.
i imagine dubas wrote down, either on a piece of paper or perhaps a white hoard, “acquire a third line center that is younger than me” and everyone clapped like seals
godspeed to all my morgan rielly fans bc i know the discourse around him is going to be about as palatable as rawdogging the bag of spinach i forgot i had in my fridge for 2 months
seeing a lot of responses that i understand very much but it’s a very important tenant of restorative justice and community care that everyone has access to services like this. When we create a “deservedness” test, we create a gap that an innocent person will fall into
any pens fan with a conscience that knows a tiny bit about hockey knows he’s a slightly above average backup. the issue is the consistency and that he has a very credible domestic abuse allegation. that’s why we hate him.
sorry but the pens locker room being supportive and talking about gay people together has got to be just a reenactment of dennis explaining twinks and power bottoms
my favorite thing to do is to mentally note who makes eye contact and is friendly to social teams when they make players do videos....i see your dismissive behavior and it's ugly
there’s this funny belief among non penguins fans that we as fans think sid is a disney prince… like no he’s a giant brat who takes a lot of penalties and has a gazillion grudges and yaps at the refs
if the pens did to sidney what the oilers are doing to mcdavid i would have stopped watching hockey years ago and that’s the nicest i can be about whatever tf that team is doing
every couple of days i check to see if john gibson is still leading the league in saves and he is and it’s not even close and i simply can’t imagine the pent up anger this guy has from the last few years
not voting for my favorite players due to my contrarian impulse and belief that they should just get a week off and because i don’t participate in work sanctioned activities outside of “work” either
the fanatics jerseys don’t have the glow in the dark because they’re replicas and they’re made to be more affordable to fans. adidas is contracted to make jerseys for the NHL, a league with only men. the sizing is made to go over HOCKEY PADS and that’s reflected in numbers.
i do wish one of the more edgy social teams got to handle the daddy chanting because it would probably be funnier than the pens admin frantically explaining mentorship