#mceichel

[maxz-b]

So American - Portugal. The Man

#is this anything #to me it is #connor mcdavid #wayne gretzky #jack eichel #sidney crosby #dylan strome #edmonton oilers #hockey poetry #mceichel #if you squint #i am so normal about connor mcdavid #SO normal

[coefficiente]

Illustrating co-occurrences and identifying communities, read in full An Analysis of Hockey RPF in 2023, on ao3 :)

#hrpf #sidgeno #mattdrai #mcdrai #nolpat #natecale #larsdunn #dunnernlars #mceichel #kazer #cffnt-data

[reneserseya]

(link) interview 2023.10.27

#mceichel #suddenly #2023 #jack eichel #rnsgif #thanks jack #does hockey related also include hockey players tho?

[tradetobest]

a hot new bombshell has entered the villa

#my art #jack eichel #connor mcdavid #leon draisaitl #matthew tkachuk #dee stop drawing hockey players as lesbians challenge FAILED EPICLLY #anyway. enjoy #mcmattdrai #mceichel

[methylbromide]

And maybe Jack didn’t push his boulder all the way to the top, but he was allowed to let it go and be free. And that’s something Connor won’t ever have, because he’s bound to his boulder in a way Jack never was.

Jack was happy to let go of his boulder and watch it roll all the way to the bottom, because maybe his boulder would never see the summit, but Jack would. He’ll reach the summit and see his place in the heavens. He’ll reach out and cradle the stars in his hands the way he never got to before.

Connor will only be allowed look up from the bottom and wonder if maybe he’ll have a place up there someday.

#connor mcdavid #nhl #hockey #edmonton oilers #guys pray #jack eichel #buffalo sabres #vegas golden knights #2015 nhl draft narrative #the narrative #I would literally die without the narrative #These two make me want to be sick #mceichel #nhl hockey

[malkin-mind-meld]

Looks like it’s Leon’s boyfriend vs Connor’s boyfriend for the cup

#mattdrai #mceichel #the funniest narrative possible and I am HERE FOR IT #this is pretty incredible

[rattkachuk]

anyway, don’t be, a stranger

#2015 draft class #connor mcdavid #jack eichel #mceichel #hrpf #here we are #something for me and like five other people FJGKKFKD #i had to put my Emotions to use tonight 🫶 #my vid #my edit #amv #narratives #they drive me insane w these two

[tapedsleeves]

mceichel for the touch thing and it's Connor trying to initiate any kind of contact and being super AWKWARD and BAD at it <3

Most of the ones on the list would work I think but tickling has the potential to be extra embarrassing and terrible while hand holding could be SO sweet and obvious.

Hiiii!! Ty so much for this prompt, it expanded my brain. I hope that it's awkward enough for you :))

I know you didn't ask for a 5 times fic... but this is a 5 times fic (not a 5 +1 fic bc i'm lame) that takes place around the combine & draft.

anyyyyyway here you go

preview below the cut :)

“Only the best for the NHL,’ Connor agrees, letting Jack read whatever he wants into his words. Media training hadn’t come naturally to him; neither had sarcasm. But he’d gotten better at both.

Jack snorts. “Nobody said you were funny.” Jack leans harder into Connor, the curve of his shoulder digging into Connor’s arm.

“I guess nobody’s paying close enough attention.” He says.

“Now I know that’s a lie.” Jack says. And oh, shit, Connor shouldn’t have made that crack about the media, it was stupid - everybody in the hockey world knows too much about him already, and all it does is make Connor want to wrap a blanket around himself and hide. For a second, it had felt like Jack was that blanket, like he was inside with him, laughing at the outside. With Connor, beside him.

But Connor went and messed that right up, didn’t he?

Connor sucks in a breath, forcing himself to stay steady and not pull away. He turns to Jack, whose eyes have narrowed to a squint, but his mouth is still the same wry curl. Before Connor can get done wondering what it would feel like pressed against his own, there’s a slam and Dylan’s voice yelling “Connor!”

Connor jerks away, dropping his water bottle. “It was nice to meet you,” Connor says. Jack bends his knees, squatting to pick up Connor’s water bottle, and hands it up to him without standing back up.

#mceichel #hrpf #my fic!

[national-hockey-lesbian]

remember my name // mitski

#nhl #hockey #jack eichel #connor mcdavid #edmonton oilers #oilers lb #buffalo sabres #sabres lb #requests from beyond the void (request🏷) #vgk lb #mceichel #las vegas golden knights #my edits

[zepuckinghockey]

Knuckles bruised like violets??? I am obsessed with that imagery tell me more pls

This fic is my baby that I've been poking at for like a year. It's a McEichel fic with NHL!Connor and Assistant!Jack. The title is pulled from a Taylor Swift lyric "my knuckles were bruised like violets." I know lavender is traditionally the gay color but something really appealed to me about the violence of the NHL meeting Connor's hidden underbelly with this line.

Tentative summary for it is:

Rehabbing his knee from a career-threatening injury and trying to captain a team that’s seen three coaches in the last 18 months, Connor needs help getting it together. A personal assistant seems like the solution.

Jack hasn’t touched hockey since he dropped out as a 15 year old too gay and too prideful to deal with all that shit. But he’s got student loans up to his eyes, and he’s willing to work anywhere.

A little snippet of it under the read more:

Leon was unimpressed when Connor recounted the conversations that night. “So you just hired a guy, fucking sight unseen?” 

Connor frowned. “I talked to him on the phone, and Sid recommended him.”

Leon blew a raspberry. Despite spending his teen years in Canada, he’d never had the Crosby hero worship that Connor and the rest of Canada did. “Sid,” Leon said the name mockingly, “also recommended bathroom guy and the one who wants to sell you drugs.” 

He took another sip of his beer and settled deeper into the corner of Leon’s couch. He couldn’t really argue that one, but– “I have a good feeling about Jack.”

“Yeah?”

“Yes,” Connor said emphatically. “Put the protective mama bear act down. We both know you can’t fight anyway.”

“I bet I could take him.” Leon’s face was pinched, his ego now in question. “He’s gotta be what? 5’9” and 160 pounds? Scrawny little assistant nerd guy.”

He didn’t think admitting that he had no idea what Jack looked like was going to earn him any bonus points with Leon so he tried another tactic. “I can see the headline now: Leon Draisaitl Takes Out German Aggression on Defenseless Nerd.”

“Oh shut the fuck up.” Leon threw a pillow at him and one of the tassels caught him in the face.

#dwisp #thanks for sending this in! #i love talking about my fics #hrpf #mceichel #my fics

[reneserseya]

Eichel stealing the puck from Connor and scoring on the empty net.

2023.05.03 VEG vs EDM. 2 round playoff 2023 - 1 game

#connor mcdavid #jack eichel #mceichel #mceichel playoff 2023

[tradetobest]

a cowboy jack and connor that have been in the works for a while!! inspired by this song because i love it so much

#my art #jack eichel #connor mcdavid #mceichel #this is why i havent been doing any other art #boyfriends who pose for pictures together stay together btw

[methylbromide]

I think it’s so silly that both Jack Eichel and Connor McDavid have payed so much penance for their respective franchises, and yet it only worked out for one of them.

They’ve both been injured for their franchises and have bled for their franchises. They have given up everything, and then gave some more with so little success, and yet only Jack was absolved of his responsibility of being the savior to a broken franchise.

How much will Connor have to bleed, how much will he have to hurt, how much will he have to give up just to achieve what Jack’s achieved?

#connor mcdavid #jack eichel #nhl #hockey #edmonton oilers #buffalo sabres #vegas golden knights #2015 NHL draft narrative #the narrative #What would we do without the narrative?? #mceichel #i want to throw up

[malkin-mind-meld]

Not Jack saying “there are lots of other guys who’ve had more opportunities than me who don’t have a cup” over a video of THE OILERS

#the nhl is here for the mceichel narrative and don’t ever forget it #jack eichel #vegas golden knights #connor mcdavid #mceichel

[rattkachuk]

one single thread of gold tied me to you

#mceichel #connor mcdavid #jack eichel #it’s late i’m tired #i don’t know if this makes sense but oh well fjgjgk

[simmyfrobby]

On the topic of sad mcdavid… do you have any fic recs for mcdavid/misery mcdavid/anyone 😅

I've only ever read 1 mcdavid fic but it's incredible

#mceichel #but also mcdavid/edmonton