Tag: hockey

mattmarns:

in times of sadness, remember that auston and mitch

  • canonically carpool together
    • auston matthews confirmed as that person you don’t wanna bug in the morning unless your name is mitch marner
  • canonically own and wear matching suits
  • canonically own and wear matching ties
  • canonically share a blue jays hat
    • you know the one
    • consider: you’ve never seen bruce wayne and batman in the same room, or clark kent and superman in the same room, and you’ve also never seen two of those jays hats in the same room as them
    • the superhero verdict™ is that it’s the same hat
    • you can’t argue sound logic, kids
    • sorry, i don’t make up the rules
  • canonically wait for each other so they can step out onto the ice together
  • canonically go out of their way to sit together on the bench
  • canonically go out of their way to sit together in the locker room even though they aren’t stallmates
    • not stallmates but apparently soulmates am i right
  • canonically sit together at baseball and basketball outings even when they’re there with other teammates
    • oh, look, it’s the infamous blue jays hat
    • consider: they probably go out of their way to sit together at these outings (*cough* dates *cough*) like everywhere else lbr
  • canonically sing along to songs together
    • even on the bench
    • even in the middle of a game
    • sometimes even with the approval of bon jovi himself for their effort to deliver bench karaoke renditions (cyb bon jovi ships the thing too wow #confirmed)
    • consider: it’s not a stretch to imagine them partnering up if ever there was a leafs karaoke night
  • canonically go to fairs together
    • where mitchell literally giggles at auston because of his basketball skills (or lack thereof rip auston “it’s the ball” matthews)
    • *cough* more dates *cough* wow
  • canonically are each other’s biggest fans
    • on auston’s historic four-goal debut, mitch straight up told reporters it came as no surprise to him (b/c his boyf is #talented and obvs he knew that already, jeez, it’s simple math @ hockey media)
    • speaking of mitchell “prez of the matthews fan club” marner, he also predicted auston breaking his goal drought literally hours before it happened (and by predicted i mean mitch marner is auston matthews’ good luck charm because what else would i mean)
  • canonically have had their parental units mixed up
    • by the same network that said “clearly auston matthews loves him” re: mitch marner
    • sportsnet: the realest mvp when it comes to these dumbs
  • canonically look at each other like this
    • and also like this
    • and also like this
    • i can’t believe they invented love

the-connecticut-whale:

As Women’s Hockey Advances in Canada, Pay Checks May Not Be Far Behind

The C.W.H.L. was created in the back room of a Toronto restaurant by former players from the National Women’s Hockey League in Canada (not to be confused with the American N.W.H.L.). That league failed in the face of ownership and financial disputes.

“I don’t think when we first started we were going to get past one year,” said Sami Jo Small, a founding member of the C.W.H.L., who competed in the 1998 Olympics and still plays for the Toronto Furies.

Early on, the C.W.H.L.’s foundation was unstable at times, and growth was uncertain. But under the leadership of Commissioner Brenda Andress, the C.W.H.L. never wavered in its plan for slow but steady advancements, and in recent years, a rise in sponsorships and audience in Canada has the league closer to its goal.

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Why is everyone so excited that Phil Kessel is a Stanley Cup champion? Why him specifically?

hockeyknowitall:

Pretty sure this started in Toronto which is kind of funny. Basically Phil Kessel was on the Toronto Maple Leafs during some pretty bad years. And since Phil Kessel ws their perennial all star a lot of the blame fell on him. He was their talent and their top scorer but the team wasn’t winning so of course, it was their only good players fault. The media speifically attacked him at every angle they could. He was anti-social, he was rude, he was lazy and fat, he was a “coach-killer” ect. ect. Basically everything bad with the Leafs was ultimately Phil Kessel’s fault in the eyes of the media. It was getting so bad, the mild manner Kessel had a few blow ups at the media towards the end of his time in Toronto. 

There were some issues with Phil, you know the old white guy types who know what they’re talking about but they’re all fucking idiots. And people were throwing Leafs jerseys onto the ice after particularly bad and frustrating losses…and there were a lot of those. 

But through all of this most fans and Phil’s teammates stayed loyal to him. Phil loved/loves toronto, considers it home. When he won the stanley cup he brought it back here for his cup day. So there was a lot of love and loyalty still ther e when he was traded to the Penguins during the Leafs rebuild and Leafs fans wanted the pens to win just because of Phil.

So when Phil won the stanley cup and played a huge part in the Penguins success, Maple Leafs fans felt like it was a big fuck you to the media that was so detached from the actual climate of leafs fans. The guy who was the reason for the leafs failure was put on a good team and helped contribute towards that teams success. It was proof it wasn’t Phil’s fault the Leafs were bad. Which is obvious to anyone with common sense but the media does not have that capability.

Throwback to win Jonathan Toews in the midst of all this controversy drafted Phil Kessel first over all in the fantasy draft during the All Star Game and said it was because Kessel was “such a coachable player.” LIke that’s how stupid the media was through all of this. Even players who had nothing to do with them or the team they were covering, were making fun of them.

I’ve seen a lot of people say “Phil Kessel is a stanley cup champion” is a fuck you to the city of Toronto. but it’s not. He was loved here. it’s a fuck you to the media tire fire they have surrounding the Maple Leafs.