nicest man in the world goes to jail for *squints eyes* highsticking? crosschecking? mmmidk *shrugs*
nothing gets me more than the refs not even knowing what the hell they were calling on the ice so they called it a highstick but changed it in the official scoring as a crosscheck great job gents
new york rangers @ florida panthers game 3 | 5.26.24
He’s [Sasha] the least showboating player I’ve ever coached, by far. He pulled that move because that was the only move that was gonna work. There is no one-upmanship or showmanship in that man, it’s just not in him. So when it went through his legs—he made the best move he could.
↳ Paul Maurice on Barky’s goal
eastern conference final, game 2
panthers @ canes 230520
like yes endless webweaving has been done concerning mcdavid nuge and the oilers’ succession of 1oas etc etc etc but lest we forget we also have our high draft picks who deserve to be rewarded for their loyalty to the organization in sasha and aaron !!
the thing is the panthers dont even have the gretzky or ANY past cups to fall back on! they were considered a joke/retirement team for years trailed by constant relocation rumors! there were comments when sasha was drafted about how miserable he looked to have to play for us and now he’s gone and become one of our best players if not the best in history, broken almost every single franchise record, and become our longest-tenured captain. and aaron has been plagued by injuries and hounded by fans for not living up to his first overall pick but he’s stayed our top pairing defenseman and proven his dedication to the team every single night. and they’ve been on the team together longer than anyone and they love each other and they sit next to each other for social media content and giggle about how much they like each other.
and all of it is going to be drowned out by the edm narrative but it shouldn’t be. aaron and sasha, and the organization who saw them and made it a mission to build a team around them, and all the players they picked up and traded for, deserve this just as much.
People hating on mattdrai because the ship “isn’t even REAL 😡,” meanwhile that disconnect from reality being a part of what makes it so appealing to mattdrai shippers….is just such an interesting example of how different people interact with and consume rpf content
matthew’s outgrown the alberta rivalry and it feels very one-sided, like, they’re definitely thinking more about him than he is of them. over there he was a love-to-hate character. then things became boring after he left and they’re still pining after him :/
that being said, if they so much as misplace a hair on his head in ed/m there will be hell to pay.