#you cant ask what the weirdest superstition or routine THEY have because theyll often deny it

[sam-montembeault]

Some hockey slop ideas I've come up with that I really wish they'd do:

- Pair short haired dudes with longer haired dudes and see if they can figure out a braid

- Give them a basic algebra problem and ask them to show their work (please provide the scanned answer sheets)

- Make them count to 10 in french. 20 if they're successful

- Stretch block, led by goalies

- Make them do improv but it's hockey themed (so they can actually flourish and not explode instantaneously)

- Bless them with a crawfish boil

- Goalies join practice as players for an hour (godspeed to all involved)

- Make them an obstacle course on the ice to either stick handle or just skate through. This feels obvious

- Show the team's lunch or dinner that they get from their rink chefs

- Aquarium trip :)

- Wingers and defensemen swap for a practice (centers remain in purgatory)

- Name 6 other towns in the state/province the team resides

- Make them all play escape room simulator the video game (doubtful any hockey slop will ever surpass that let's play)

If we have to stick to the "can be done as they walk to or from practice" slop formula:

- "How much would it cost for you to take a clapper to the face if you could wear a goalie mask for it? How much without?"

- "Who on the team could you not win in a fight against due to the emotional cost of beating him?"

- "Contribute one song to a playlist." (yes the point is you'd probably get a horrible playlist with lots of repetition)

- "If the NHL went back to everyone rooming together, who would you hope to get stuck with and why?"

- "Where does the water you drink come from?" (the tap or bottles is not an acceptable answer, I want a location; this is one of those educational ones)

- "Story from when you were a rookie?"

- "How scared, on a scale of 1 to 10, are you to look yourself up on social media?"

- "Snitch on someone." (denial is not an option)

- "What is the weirdest supersition or routine a teammate has?"

- "Do you ever get tired of pasta or does always being hungry solve that issue for you?"