"—in Game 7 when the puck is stuck in the corner...did that last forever? Were you like, 'Fuckin' McDavid's in front! McDavid's in front by himself!'"
"Oh yeah, you wanna know why it lasted forever? So I was tired, so I'm like 'Fuck, I'm gonna change.' and there's 25 seconds left, I'd been out there for a minute-ten, I'm like, 'Let's make the smart fucking choice here, let me change. Get a fresh body out.' And Mikkola changed for me instead of Montour. And whether that was by design or not, that's two lefty defencemen with the mindset, 'let me get to that left side.' Forsling's already in there, then Mikkola comes straight off the bench straight into the pile, and then McDavid's alone out front. So we're all looking—for a second we're like, 'Holy shit, what's gonna happen here... hopefully Draisaitl doesn't make one of those ridiculous plays where he pulls it out of the corner and snaps it right to McDavid's stick.' But it ended up working out."
"It worked out."
"I know Jamie Kompon [Florida Panthers Asst. Coach] said that too, 'We had two left-shot defencemen out there at the same time. And like nobody is defending McDavid in front of the net.' But Mikkola—he did that a couple of times though! Where he just like all of a sudden, he was able to eat the puck along the wall to close out games."
"Yeah, listen I don't blame him at all! For me as a right defenceman like..."
The Cam & Strick Podcast | 7.30.24 (x)
"You know, think about looking up at the clock and seeing—I think it was Connor [McDavid] and one other d-man [Ekholm] in front of the net when it was getting—fighting in the corner and we had nobody in front of the net! And we're all looking on the bench, we're like, '97's in the slot all alone...what are we doing here?'"
"Best player in the world!"
"It's funny looking at it now. I don't know who it was—Mikkola in the corner—he's like, 'That puck was not coming out, I can tell you that! I had that glued to the wall.' But yeah, you think about it now...the rest, it doesn't matter what the series was at—we won! And we're Stanley Cup Champions."
"Exactly man!"
Empty Netters | 8.26.24 (x)
*there were 2 dmen out by the net near McDavid he could either be referring to Ekholm or Bouchard in this instance but Ekholm is closer to the net
and also because i think its interesting after ekky's game 7 mikksy changing for him anecdote he talks about how he cant play on the left and refuses to do so its pretty good stuff XD
"I can tell this now! That's Sylvain Lefebvre [Florida Panthers Asst. Coach] our D-coach—called me when he got hired [2022.] So I'm on the phone with him, we're chatting and he's like, 'Would you ever play the left side?' I'm like, 'Absolutely not! That's a skillset I just don't have. I see the right side of the ice and that 200ft of rectangle on the right side of the ice. That's just kind-of where I'm comfortable.' So I'm like, 'No, please do not put me on the left side!' Yeah so..."
"You can do it!"
"That's the first conversation? 'Hey, listen! I've been thinking about some things, drawing some pairings out on a napkin—wanna put you on the left side.'"
"'Want you to be goalie!'"
"That's—No!"
Was she going to be such an asshole ? So pathetic to send people for his neck ? That pretty woman didn't look like she just made a joke suggestion — But, maybe Babette was just too naive to figure out the jest.
❝ Y-You, erhm . . . Perhaps not roughing him up ? Y-You could tell him I am very disappointed in him. I can pay you the same sum for it. ❞
PLEASE MONTY BRINGING UP THE LAST 2 MINUTES OF GAME 7 LIKE EKKY DID 😭😭😭😭 something beautiful about everyone on the bench absolutely baffled at the idea that mikksy changed for ekky (so mikksy and forsy were on the ice at the same time which is a terrible idea) but especially the dmen and just screaming that cmd was free in front of the net while mikksy trapped the puck by the boards this is so 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
i still can't get over the haruka boob-staring heat mechanic in that one air hockey mission in y5. like what in the world was that supposed to imply except that haruka likes women??? that's the only explanation i can think of (and now im thinking of a kiryu version in which he just stares at a man's cleavage or ass and gains heat from that djejdj)
OKAY FOR REAL I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT IN MY TAGS BUT I WASNT 100% SURE IF I WAS IMAGINING THINGS OR NOT hdshhsdjjsjc when my friend and I first noticed that mechanic we both kinda looked at each other like. oh so this girl’s REALLY not straight. oh honey