i just think it’s so fucking funny and endearing that the coaches had to invent an entirely new critique and reward structure for PLD
our girl is a delicate pot plant he is a sensitive piece of coral he is a temperamental desert rose he must have this exact water pH and these exact soil conditions or he will WITHER and EXPLODE
connor mcdavid used to sing while skiing down the slopes. he was three. he wanted to write 15-year-old sidney crosby a letter asking for help dealing with the pressure. he was five. he insisted kids be brought to the front of the line for the autographs he hated signing because he was a little boy once too. he was seventeen. you know?
As a kid McDavid unwrapped Penguins jerseys at Christmas, tacked Crosby posters onto his bedroom wall, collected number 87 bobbleheads. “One day he asked if we could write a letter to Sidney Crosby to ask him how he deals with all the pressures,” says Kelly McDavid, Connor’s mother. “He felt this weight on him that he wanted to be just like Sidney and wanted to know how he did that.” Crosby was 15 at the time; McDavid was five.
*nhl team doing their generic passing of [object] after a win*
man nicknamed doorframe: uhh great job boys! way to hang in there! shortbread, nice tucks. amazon fire stick with some amazing saves but the man who got us going with the fire at the start, floorboard!
*hooting and hollering*
floorboard after receiving [object]: great game boys! let’s keep this thing going!