#still ????ing at the deal with mcstrome btw like. what's up with that... what IS the gossip????

[sergeifyodorov]

everyone expecting the first toronto carolina game to be a shitshow in some way (maybe it’s still super early in the mitch era so we don’t properly love him yet and vice versa for canes fans with willy because everyone still just misses their guys) especially the girlies who are stromer devotees because like what if he and willy are all weird and cold now like him and davo etc but then there are one million gifsets of a lucky camera angle catching them near each other on the ice and willy smiles and Winks at him and dylan does one of his tortured fond faces back and also warm up pictures of jeffmitch standing way too close together at the red line and chatting for a few minutes and we all realize oh this is gonna be a different kind of heartbreak every time huh

a-fucking-MEN because the dylan-willy breakup is less Whatever Actually DID Happen With McStrome and way more "hockey is a business and I'll miss you my dear friend!!!!!".... like as much as willy is a european badgirl he still hangs out with dyl (and patty!) in the summers and they like each others' posts and say hi during carolina-toronto games... it hurts. it hurts a lot but it's not the same... because ultimately it's not the end of all things. there is no anger, just distance. carolina and toronto end up playing an eastern conference final in 2024 or 25 or something and when the series is over, they full on hug in the handshake line... congrats, i wish i was there with you, but it's okay that i'm not. it had to be this way and i've made my peace with it.