Whitney I mean, just think about Pittsburgh’s goaltending situation. That alone is interesting. You have a 21-year-old kid in Matt Murray starting because of Fleury’s concussion, but Fleury’s ready to go now. What’s Fleury doing during this whole run? He’s beaming. He’s smiling and congratulating Murray, and it’s not fake. You can tell. He’s genuinely happy for him. Let me tell you something: That’s rare.
Rupp That’s very rare. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a player more beloved in the NHL than Marc-Andre Fleury. I seriously have never heard a single bad word said about him. You ask any guy in the league and they’ll say, “Love him.”
Murray is obviously extremely talented. His AHL numbers were unbelievable. He went 301 minutes without a goal scored on him in Wilkes-Barre. That’s the AHL record, and he did it as a rookie. That’s just stupid. It doesn’t even make sense. This is pro hockey. It’s not supposed to happen.
But all that talent aside, he’s 21 years old. He gets handed the reins in the playoffs and he’s got to go against Henrik Lundqvist. Then he’s got to go against Braden Holtby, a guy who just tied Marty Brodeur’s regular-season wins record.
Look, you can have all the talent in the world. But if Flower was putting on a show of being unhappy? Forget about it.
Whitney Yeah, Murray would have been a mess. You can’t handle the pressure of the playoffs if a guy of that stature is looking over your shoulder.
Rupp We’ve all seen that in the league. Goalies want the net. They just do. If Flower had been coming off the ice, slamming his helmet down at his locker, pouting, talking crap to the goalie coaches, it would’ve been a different story. But he didn’t. Does Flower want to be in net? Of course he does. Are you kidding me? But he’s supporting this kid genuinely.
That speaks speaks volumes about him as a human being. Flower is going to be in the Hall of Fame some day. I don’t think a lot of goalies in his position, with the swagger his name carries, would be as supportive.
Whitney No way. They’d be like, “Hey, thanks for the help kid, but this is my net,” and then there would be this weird tension that the whole team would feel.
mcjesus: called manning a bitch
‘i’m not dead mcjesus’
v good at hockey
littolist captain
looks very startled 90% of the time
ajuice: ‘i’m trying dog’
harambe sweater
probably a meme
super shady
why won’t he follow back nate dog
loves him mom a lot
muzz: has an instagram for his dog
is literally a tree branch
feed him
his dog is gonna weigh more than him
like my comment on instagram once
his adam’s apple can be seen from space
stanley cup champion
gaudreau:
uses a child’s stick
ate nothing but nutella for a week and had to go to the doctor
probably shouldn’t live by himself
stuck pucks in his cup to make weight
Johnny Hockey™
dylan larkin: dboss
zoom zoom beep beep motherfucker
when university of michigan stayed in michigan grew up in michigan loves michigan
apparently really bitchy in hs
that one video of him walking,,,
mitchell: his actual real name is mitchell
is 6’0 but probably 12
seriously who let him on the ice
can get auston to do literally whatever he wants
tiny would probably die if u hit him
nuge: jingle the fuck out of my life
the green and purple suit
the bathing suit
nuge is basically a fashion icon
kind of looks like a rat
but not like marchand
but like in a model way
super bitchy @spaceyho’s bitchy nhl bf
jack the thrill eichel: shady af
get that oilers mic out of my face
fashion eichel
actually a unicorn
competing with sid for ugliest crocs
is there actually a good photo of him?
we just don’t know
he looks the exact same as he did when he was four
help my son
ekdad: looks like a 35 year old lawyer who’s already had one divorce his ex wife won’t let him see the kids anymore, his new girlfriends daughter loves him, his new girlfriend is 18 so we’ll see what happens
who let him on team NA
is probably definitely lying about his age
chicken run: is definitely lying about his age
god made his bone structure
his insta is the softest shit ever
has the nicest abs
We will never have a team like the North America Team ever again. We’ve managed to witness the next generation of the NHL play alongside the current generation of hockey greats, and do it with speed, stamina, and skill. We have Saad and Murray, who have a total of 3 Stanley Cups between the two of them on a team of what are considered to be kids. We have Nugent-Hopkins, MacKinnon, Ekblad, McDavid, and Matthews who make up the five number one picks to play on the same team at the same time; Matthews whose career in the NHL hasn’t even begun yet, but he managed to play against, and even beat multiple Stanley Cup champions before he has even had the shot to earn the title himself. These kids grew up in the generation of change, and they’re here to change the way the game itself is played.
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