#the other hockey guys

[juhollamago]

FOREHEAD GOALIE KISS

[larsnicklas]

JAMIE DRYSDALE ✧ 240110 From the second I got on the ice, seeing the crowd, it was a pretty unbelievable environment and a really fun spot to play in. Hell of a first game to be a part of, and just glad we came out on top.

[3416]

good morning, i still can't believe (yes i can) that a legitimate nhl insider is out here saying . yes the greatest goal scorer has an agreement in place with his team about WHO he plays with and it's understood that they will be longtime franchise players for the leafs as a duo. that is the plan. that is am34's plan for the leafs.

like i jsut. i.... in this sport where these men get torn apart for even Saying they have a preference bc its a team sport and they need to just accept whatever position they're put in... it's THAT important to wannabe-chill and lowkey auston matthews (read: actual control freak who Wants to appear a certain way) that he gets to play with mitch marner after being denied for a while as a rookie............ his favorite guy.... his apple tree......... his bff since rookie year....

that's part of his reason for staying a maple leaf and his longterm plan for being in toronto.......... bro. like to have theories about it vs to have an insider saying it's something that's openly discussed w the leafs org. to think about all the times auston gets bitchy with the media after being split w mitch or when they try to pry about something mitch and auston got pulled to the side for specifically.... god DAMN. im so emotional over them like they really do love each other so fucking much

i didn't realize when auston said "we would never do this without you" he meant it so seriously

[foursaints]

6’2 black turtleneck figure skated barty save meeeeeeee

no because he's doing something to me too... and what a way of channeling all that ruthlessness / precision / two-faced quality he has in canon.

he skates like he's trying to kill himself but there is also a staggering amount of control! his face is on the back of those sponsored athlete kellogg's cereal boxes! he's pierced his tongue & his hip bones but nowhere visible, and his tattoos are down one arm and the left side of his back because those areas are covered up by his costumes...

crucially i think barty is still as much of a dirtbag, it's just that he appears to become an entirely different person on ice. this barty is just a touch more openly type A but so insufferably smug at all times because he KNOWS he's good... it's the incongruence between the Serious Athlete and the smug piece-of-shit in a ratty thrasher hoodie who's severely hungover at practice. he's sipping a red monster energy and compression-wrapping his ankles. this au is going to kill me i think?? barty & regulus as professional figure skaters who grew up together is genuinely insane

[kitnita]

mason marchment & jake oettinger postgame   —   EDM vs DAL;   game 2   —   05.25.24 

[and mason, just, if you could — your take on jake’s performance tonight?]  uh … he was awesome. he was awesome. um, a couple huge saves … you know, he’s talking out there, he’s competing. um, you know — you know, i love jakey, so he’s a hell of a guy, hell of a player, so, you know, it’s … it’s awesome to see him, you know, play so well, and you know, the boys love him, so.

[19871997]

guys is this a safe space to admit that im stil not over the 'mcdavid and draisaitl ran out of miracles' call to me it is the evil version of the leafs 'they finally caught lightning in a bottle'

[puckpocketed]

22/09/2024 - OTT @ TOR

carter yakemchuk debuts for the ottawa senators in preseason - a collection of comments.

"The only criticism I had on Yakemchuk that has persisted all season is that he is responsible for a lot of puck losses while attempting plays. Strangely, it’s not that Yakemchuk doesn’t have good hands. This was also mentioned previously when talking about his ability to change his shooting angles and to set-up plays for his teammates. The problem is that he thinks his hands are much better than they actually are." "This season, he tried to beat an opponent 1-on-1 five times more often than Artyom Levshunov, and twice as often as Zayne Parekh — the other hyper-offensive defenseman in this draft. The only players I could find that had a similar dangles-per-60 stat were all forwards." "Many think Yakemchuk’s pure skill and size will ensure he becomes a serviceable NHLer. But until he can establish better defensive reads and add more speed and mobility into his step, he’ll need to do a bit more to take his game up a notch." “He’s boom-bust,” another scout said. “If he plays to his strengths, he’s going to be a game-changer. But he’s not going to have the same time and space to dangle guys in the NHL, and if that goes away, all he has is size. The other elements need refining.”"

“It’s overtime at Scotiabank Arena and 2024 first-rounder Carter Yakemchuk is on the ice in his first ever pre-season game. First thing Yakemchuk does is slip past 69-goal man Auston Matthews behind Ottawa’s net. Gathering speed, he races up the ice, dangles through Jake McCabe, and then pushes past Mitch Marner and finishes off the game by undressing former Senators goaltender Matt Murray with a neat backhand move. Welcome to the NHL and the highlight reel, kid.”

[lenacopperleaf]

Obligatory first reminder of the season: it would be so much better to mix the teams’ commentators together on national tv than to listen to “unbiased” commentators who are just mean to both sides.

Also, it would be way easier to have enough commentators on the nights when all the teams play.

TNT and ESPN I’m right and you know it. Try it one hockey night. Please I’m begging

[larsnicklas]

[231228 edm at sjs] leon draisaitl adjusts his helmet and pleads his case to the official after taking a high sticking penalty

[foegoal]

allergic to sitting still (02.01.24)

[bsaka7]

Breakdown of time spent in zone for the first and second lines of the Minnesota Wild. We're only 13% of the way through the season (11GP) but you can see that Kaprizov's spends LESS even-strength time in the offensive zone and MORE time in the defensive zone compared to 23-24. Rossi and Zuccarello see this same trend . The second line of Johansson, Ek, and Boldy remains largely similar to their 23-24 percentages, though Boldy spends more time in the defensive zone than last year. Overall, the team is spending slightly more time in the neutral zone and defensive zone than in 23-24, though obviously the results are thus-far going our way.

Please note that Kaprizov's slide shows all-strength and even-strength stats by year, so to compare his 23-24 and 24-25 even-strength percentages, those would be upper right and lower right in the graphic. All other stats shown are even strength.

[neonkoii]

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[artbyg]

2015

[atwhughesversion]

DEMKO STARTED SKATING THIS WEEK WHICH IS REALLY POSITIVE NEWS FOR HIS STATUS ARTY LEFT LATVIA AND IS EN ROUTE TO VANCOUVER + HIS KNEE INFLAMATION ISN’T A BIG DEAL TYSM RICK DHALIWAL

from dhaliwal’s twitter