#KRIS LETANG!

[gyudons]

imagine you’re tailgating and the view is sports rpf

[badangle]

oh. sob. sid telling a goalie who's no longer his "good job"… girl…

bonus: flower going “miss this… you guys. this team”

[tysonhos]

baby goalie win

[goatisbetheres]

sid and maybe geno and tanger charming their way into getting the keycard for flower’s hotel room to “move things around” and then flower dumping beef sticks in sid’s already rotting jock 😭 the only valid boys will be boys

[gongyussy]

bonus:

[nowitsturbo]

fellers is it gay to gush about how your teammate of 17 years gives it to you slow. between your legs. how you like it.

[intheupside]

“miss this. you guys. this team”

[stuckinnet]

incredible vibes today

[hunterrrs]

“i want to say thank you to my girlfriend. she’s too young to remember when i played in pittsburgh”… at least we have this. the boys giggling on the bench at jagr’s joke about his 22-years-younger girlfriend

[ehghtyseven]

kris & the christmas videos, a series [x]

2017: a christmas story 2018: holiday training 2019: the santa clause 2021: the grinch 2024: back in the bunny suit

[gyudons]

During the last practice in Pittsburgh before the holiday break, Sidney Crosby brought cookies to the rink along with, of course, some banana bread – “his mom’s famous recipe,” Marcus Pettersson said with a grin. “He’s got a little addiction,” Kris Letang added.

Crosby bakes for the group periodically throughout the season, one of many thoughtful gestures the Penguins captain makes for his teammates – impressive from anyone, much less someone of his stature. During this season of giving, Pettersson and Rickard Rakell had been marveling at the captain’s generous nature that very day.

“Me and Raks were actually just joking around about how good he is with giving gifts,” Pettersson said. “I don't know if he has a thought behind it about when he retires, that he is expecting a lot of gifts back from everybody (laughs). But I don't think so. I think he’s just a great guy.”

Crosby goes above and beyond to mark occasions for the people around him, whether it’s a holiday, a career achievement, or simply a memorable experience. His capacity to do all of that, in addition to continuing to be an elite talent at age 36 and an unparalleled leader, is remarkable.

Evgeni Malkin, Crosby’s fellow franchise center and teammate for nearly two decades, said, “It’s almost like he’s the perfect player, perfect friend. Some guys win just one Stanley Cup, they think they’re like a god, you know? But Sid, never. You see everybody wants to play here, first of all, it’s because of Sid.”

Letang joked that he wasn’t going to use the word perfect, “because there’s nothing perfect,” he laughed. “But he always makes sure everybody is taken care of, and they’re having a good time. He loves to get to know people. For me, what he did for my dad last year… the banana bread stuff… it’s just a way of looking at things, you never want to leave some people behind. There’s not a specific gesture that comes to mind, because it’s such a daily thing for him.”

Tyson Barrie, was touched by something the captain did for his agent, Bayne Pettinger, who had previously worked for Team Canada. Pettinger had been sitting with Crosby at another one of those BioSteel camps, which was in Montreal. At the time, Pettinger had recently come out as gay and mentioned in passing to Crosby how he thought the Pride warmup jerseys were so cool.

“Bayner FaceTimed me a couple months later, almost in tears,” Barrie said. “The concierge at his condo called him and was like hey, there’s a big package here for you, can you come down and grab it? Turns out Sid had gotten a Pride jersey framed for Bayner. He wrote, ‘Bayner, proud of you.’ That’s the kind of guy he is. You'll never hear about any of this stuff. He's just always doing stuff under the radar. He’s just a special guy.”

merry christmas! here’s a sweet little story about canadian hockey star sidney crosby

[badangle]

2023: brothers po and mathieu joseph with matching high sticking penalties against each other

2024: mathieu joseph gets into a fight with his younger brother's billet dad kris letang

bonus: "oh yeah? well, your little brother calls me daddy"

also. bonus bonus:

[tysonhos]

“don’t follow me! follow crosby!” and sid wanting to keep the santa onesie 🤨

[missingpucks]

official pens account knows where it's at

[goatisbetheres]

what's your go to midnight snack?

geno: probably fruit, like bananas, apple, i love yoghurt. (so no cookies?) no. (no ice cream?) i have ice cream but nobody eat ice cream at night! i eat ice cream before game or day off day but usually i never wake up at night and eat, probably only one time in my life.

sid: chocolate chip cookies. yeah, but i love sweets so... yeah, i like cookies. (cold cookie? warm cookie? soft cookie?) however, however it is. (milk? no milk?) with milk, yeah. (no chicken parm?) i do that too, actually. (i know you would, that's why i'm asking!) i mean, we could go through a lot of things i crush.

kris: granolas, nuts, stuff like that. I like nuts, like trail mix, stuff like that. (so even in the middle of the night you're eating healthy?) yeah, oh, yeah. i would have said watermelon.

[nowitsturbo]

sports is about the narratives (and the soulmates)

mario-jagr and sid-geno back to back cups / jagr on mario before his jersey retirement ceremony / sid on geno after he was re-signed (the athletic) / rookie geno on sid (the athletic) / kris letang on the parallels between sidgeno and mariojagr