#I like ranting about hockey

[nocofamilyau]

total drama moment (4/8)

[lafragolina]

just kill me

[arkhammaid]

FEM!MAX WITH SIDNEY CROSBY OHMAGAWDDDD as someone also on hockeytwt i love this so much. irl sid has only been linked to his longtime girlfriend so im very interested in how people would perceive fem!max when they go public. sid’s particular team also have a group of wags who are active in their charity works so fem!max taking part is so 🥹 fem!max supporting sid in the playoffs and (this is not to everyone’s taste but) possibly proposing with a championship ring omddd and bonus crosby-verstappen baby in the stanley cup !!!! sorry i went on a rant but the possibilities ‼️

about this post

i'm glad someone liked the suggestions from my moots 🙂‍↕️ sadly i don't know enough about hockey and players to contribute enough thoughts but everything you've been saying sounds just delish!!

i feel like f1 fans would be more like "omg finally a man" because max gets linked with so many random men that they get dismissed as rumors (they're true). so people who are not really into f1 and follow it, think that max has a bit of a slut reputation. media obviously has always to say something about it, but they can't even properly prove it so it's all just...

anyways, when max shows up with sidney, people are immediately interested because max has never brought a man with her and specifically said this is her boyfriend. so people assume they have been going strong for a while now and it's true!! max's fans (beside the men who thirst after her like the italians do after charles) are happy for her and definitely approve of sidney because he supports her

on the other side, you have the hockey fans and they're either "how the fuck did he bag HER?", happy he has a girlfriend or just straight up hate her for her 'shit reputation'. i just know f1twt and hockeytwt would be constantly at war because of this 😭

generally, max and sidney would be supportive of each other. they haven't been really interested in their partner's sport before, but once they get together, they definitely get into it lol

and yes! max would definitely contribute to the charities and use her platform to support them

and as for the baby... that will have to wait until max has 8 wdc's 🙂‍↕️

[eyes-above--the-waves]

There's a Leafs update page that keeps popping up on my Facebook timeline that's doing a countdown to the start of the season using jersey numbers, and people are really out there trying to say that Darcy Tucker is/was a better #16 than Mitch because Tucker was an enforcer and Mitch is too soft like WHAT IS THE OBSESSION WITH WANTING MITCH TO BE AGRESSIVE?!?!

I bet Darcy Tucker would have loved to be as good of a playmaker as Marner is, but that wasn't his role. Tucker's role was grit, and he was good at it. Mitch isn't paid to be gritty, he's paid to score and set up plays, AND HE'S REALLY FUCKING GOOD AT IT!

Since when is the mark of a great hockey player limited to their ability to beat the shit out of people, and why are so many men obsessed with Mitch's apparent inability to do that?

[aylaaescar]

Avina: [mentions liking green tea in their POV or smth like that]

people on patreon, every single time: they are literally the most toxic person ever. they judge my precious MC without knowing the whole story and they're obsessed with my Seven

[the999thstar]

Being into hockey in Canada like,

when we win: yay! this is fun!

when we lose: good god I hope those kids (read anywhere from 15 to 27ish) have good support systems. And maybe therapists. And somebody to give them a hug & tell them they're worthy regardless of the outcome of a game any game & not let any media or immature sports fans near them. My heart is crushed thinking about their hearts being crushed. And that age it's so hard to handle things to begin with. And they have such a crazy weight on their shoulders on top of that and

[theflyingfeeling]

the love of my entire life

[tootalltech]

and tbh. i kinda hate when stadiums boo their own team when they lose bc they’re mad at them. like yes they might not be doing great rn but does that actually help? debatable.

[wmnylander]

You being relatively new to hockey (you know what I mean, I hope) is crazy to me because of how you speak and understand things. Kudos to you for picking it up so fast because I personally think it's quite a difficult sport to grasp 🫶

stop this is so nice and most definitely not 100% factual like there is still SO much i don’t understand 😭

i think i was able to understand most of it because i started watching just as the 22/23 season started so i was really learning while watching if that makes sense?? i also had a friend who understands lots help me :’) i also watched soooooo many hockey analysts/podcast clips/general hockey videos also in order to understand not just the leafs, but how the league worked as a whole. i also think it was super beneficial for me to hear everyone shit on the leafs (i’m not kidding when i say that) to help me not go into this with blinders on. i don’t know. i love sports i love stats and i love smart people with opinions. they may not always be opinions i agree with but i think that that’s super important for shaping your sports watching experience 😛

[blusical]

hockey fans: "the players have literally no personality" *player shows personality* hockey fans: "ugh this is so cringe"

[solsticeswackstuff]

i just realized one of my teammates was faking having the same interest as me to make fun of me :(

[dreamlandbarnes]

getting into f1 rpf was definitely not on my 2024 bingo card

[nocturnalghoul-archive]

I originally thought up a bunch of ghoul hockey ideas/headcannons while I was at work yesterday (which I'll probably end up just dumping into its own post as is) that I meant to follow up on and expand today but then instead I wrote the following two little things that are really only hockey adjacent lol. I blame @forlorn-crows and @askingforthesun for reminding me I like hockey and giving me the Ghoul Hockey brainrot.

The first one centers on Dew's pregame rituals and the second is a follow up concerning... zambonis I guess? The both of them together probably total about 1.2k so I'm gonna stick 'em under a readmore :)

Pre-game Ritual

After enough damage was caused by restless ghouls cooped up in the abbey during the winter, the decision was quickly made to try and facilitate an outlet for the, to work out pent up energy. A short while later, hockey gear and sticks appeared and weekly games between the ghouls have been commonplace ever since. It took a while for the idea to truly catch on in the beginning, but by the time Copia came to lead the Ghost Project it was a well loved tradition and something that the ghouls got very invested in.

Dew had first picked up the idea of a pregame ritual from Omega, who was a firm believer in the same meal before each game to bring him luck.

... It may have gotten a little out of control from there. Is it truly a superstition if it gets you the desired results though? Dew definitely didn't think so. Over the years he gained more and more "habits" as he would refer to them to help him out in games until it reached the current state of affairs. Before each game he had 5 things that he swore were essential otherwise the game would go horribly.

A good pregame meal: The first of his many quirks he stole directly from Omega then later changed to make his own. For lunch before their weekly game he would always make one of the same two chicken and pasta dishes. After he became a fire ghoul it was still the same meal, but he made them so spicy that only he or another fire ghoul could stand to eat it. Originally he claimed that is just helped him get into the hockey mindset, but that statement later changed to him saying it helped him get fired up both literally and metaphorically to hit the ice.

Zamboni time: Eventually Dew got tired of always being the one to trip on the rouge debris stuck to the ice when they played. He eventually figured out that a fire ghoul and a water ghoul could run out there before the game and together essentially create a makeshift Zamboni equivalent out of ghoul magic so that the ice would be clean and smooth. At first he and Ifrit would go out and do it, but later he and Rain continued the tradition. It was almost meditative in a way, but he kept that part to himself.

A lucky charm: This particular aspect was the only one that he was willing to admit was truly superstitious. In his pocket every time he went out onto the ice, he carried a little plastic figurine of a phoenix that Aether and Mountain had given to him just before he left to undergo the process of becoming a fire ghoul. They said it was a good luck charm and a reminder that they were thinking of him and supporting him the whole time, even if they couldn't be there. It has been one of the only constants he had in the beginning. Dew figured that if it was good luck then than it was absolutely good luck now. It also reminded him that his pack had his back both on and off the ice, however he deemed that particular sentiment a bit too sappy to ever admit out loud. He would turn the small figure around in his hands just before the game and whenever he was sitting out off the ice.

Some good tunes and a nap: It doesn't matter how sleep deprived you are, a quick little disco nap can make you right as rain and ready to absolutely crush the competition. Dew knows this is a friendly game between the ghouls to let off steam and bond as a pack but he is 100% the kind of person to let his competitive nature get the best of him in this scenario. Besides, cleaning the ice uses a lot of energy and makes him sleepy. Also listen, Dew is a musician and everybody knows that the right playlist can be essential to get into the right headspace. The nap is also an excuse to lay in his room and listen to his pregame playlist. It is most closely guarded of his "habits" and kept secret from the other ghouls lest they try to mess with it and cause it to stop working. It is totally not because it's mostly bubblegum pop and he has a reputation to uphold.

Handshakes: The final superstition habit he developed before a game was a special handshake with whoever his line mates were going to be for the evening. Sometimes the ghouls would mix up who played what position and so he developed a different handshake with each member of the team. The most complicated of which are with Cumulus and Rain. The ghoulette was originally the one to instigate this behavior the first time and then they won 3-0 so slowly everybody else also gained their own unique pattern.

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A follow-up thing I thought up expanding upon the second pregame superstition. How it came to be and how it transformed

Zamboni Boys

Preparing the ice before a game became almost ritualistic at a point. Controlled melt. Shape. Smooth. Freeze.

Dew had originally thought up the idea one day after watching Ifrit accidentally melt some of the snow around him when he got startled while they were on a walk together. The frozen lake in the winter is a great opportunity for a little ghoulish hockey, but is rough and full of imperfections to get caught on. Dew, tired of always being the unlucky one to catch whatever was stuck to the surface of the ice and all its rough patches with his skates, quickly formulated a plan.

If he had Ifrit use a little fire magic to carefully melt the very top layer of the ice, sweep all the debris away, then he could use a little water magic to help the surface refreeze all smooth and pretty. Essentially making them a makeshift Zamboni. After a little trial and error to get the process right, the remainder of the lake went smoothly and the result was beautiful.

Once Dew switched elements the process was one of the few ways that he had left to tether himself to who he was before.

The first winter after he reemerged as a fire ghoul, when the time came for the weekly hockey games between the ghouls to resume Dew was crushed. He had come to relish the meditative actions of preparing the ice and found that it always brought him a sense of tranquility. To lose that was just salt in the wound. As winter drew near he had started to dread the upcoming ghoul games knowing that they would only remind him of all he had lost.

Luckily, Rain had heard from one of the other ghouls about Dew's old pregame habit. Dew was resistant at first, but later had to admit that even if he was now doing the opposite side of the job , it still made him incredibly happy. After explaining the process to Rain and some slight coaching on technique they set out to prepare the lake for the first game of the season.

For the first time in months, Dew felt truly zen. By the end of it his face was hurting from smiling and laughing so much with Rain as they had fun on the ice. The two went on to regroup with the other ghouls so that the game could begin, Dew twirling his lucky charm in his pocket and truly giddy the whole way back.

The game was a mix of some older ghouls and the new current band pack on each team in order to give the newer ghouls a chance to better pick up on how to play the game in action. As the weeks went on, and Rain and Dew continued to prepare the ice together, he started to find that not only was the time to themselves bringing him closer to Rain, but also to his former element.

[3416]

bunting three game suspension in the PLAYOFFS is so fucking stupid.

[onlyforalwayswith]

Ngl I don’t really care about AM either way but hockeys deserve to earn a lot more than they do in relation to other professional athletes and there’s a whole lot of anti-worker talk that gets bandied about in this sport. It doesn’t really matter for the top guys but pushing the idea that someone who asks for what they’re worth is a bad teammate only benefits the owners. And yet fans are out their shitting on the players they supposedly love.

[snapbackslide]

you know, it kind of bothers me that this is what it took for everyone to start talking about how well his line has been doing.

i've been talking about the 51-71-40 line all year, and i'm glad people are finally starting to realize just how good they are, but gosh. this sucks.

and i understand why people are bringing up johnny, obviously we all flashed back to that, but according to the details they released it definitely was not as serious, so i wish it would stop being compared. if only for my own sanity...

the fact emil walked away from the incident, and apparently didn't feel the effects until today, makes me think it really isn't worth worrying about. which is so, so relieving, for me.