@malkinmoth you came for my throat

MATT REMPE ( NYR vs NJD. 04.03.24. )

CHRIS & MIKA | outdoor victory hugs ( NYR vs. NYI. 02.18.24. )

what if you were my idol turned best friend who everyone in the league knew i was completely gone for. and what if i drafted you first on the team i was captaining for the all star game after begging the captains going before me not to pick you. and what if absolutely nobody was surprised. what if the emcee and tate mcrae already knew who i Wanted Before Going To Bed last night and i was so crazypossessive even sports writers knew i’d pulverise anyone who took you from me. and what if i told reporters after that this was my longtime dream come true. and what if you told them that all you wanted to do now was to make your captain happy. and what if… after all that... you put my hoodie on and did a live interview in front of god and gary bettman.

something about how trades really do affect players. how it's not just us as fans being crazy or reading too much into it. it's real and it's painful. erik johnson has lacked the hutzpah he once had ever since leaving colorado, as if he could bear landeskog's injury but the second he was forced to leave it all came crashing down. sidney crosby has lost much of the joy he once carried and it's because he had the human, golden embodiment of that joy in jake guentzel torn away from him when he needed it most. dylan larkin shed genuine, heartfelt, distraught tears when tyler bertuzzi was traded away. the penguins still welcome marc-andre fleury to pittsburgh every time he plays there because, no matter where he is, that is his home. pk subban could never return to the same player he was after he was taken from price. trevor zegras is seemingly incomplete without drysdale at his side. brandon duhaime is lacking his connor dewar. bowen byram no longer has his alex newhook to lean on and laugh with. travis koneckny and nolan patrick may never even get the chance to play another game with or against one another. and who could imagine kuznetsov as anyone but a capital? do you really think of pavelski in the green of the stars or do you see him proud in teal beside thornton and marleau? did shea weber ever really stop being a nashville predator? and what about beauvillier, horvat, compher, dumolin, burakovsky, kadri, yamamoto, hornqvist, eberle, o'rielly, barrie, jost, gaudreau, karlsson, carter and richards, martin, and so many others? even wayne gretzky himself went to three teams post trade, searching for that spark he had in edmonton after they made him leave. jagr had eight after pittsburgh. you are not crazy for grieving, in some small way, a player you lost. and they aren't crazy for feeling distraught either. these teams are family. and family is everything, even if it gets ripped apart so easily.

↳ TYSON JOST | BUF v. EDM | 3.21.24 | © ANDY DEVLIN

3.18.24 via avs twitter

POSTGAME: Rantanen | COL @ STL | March 19, 2024

had to turn on the game to make sure nate got a point and saw he scored thank fucking god!!!

happy birthday!!! i hope you’re having a great day and that this next year is an amazing one! <3

thank you so much logan 🤍

"Go to the box please. Go to the box please, now!" avalanche @ canucks | 03.13.24

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND MY BABE TYSON JOST I LOVE YOUUU I LOVE THAT WE SHARE A BIRTHDAY 🫶

↳ JT COMPHER PREGAME | DET v. COL | 2.22.24

sid in nate's hoodie | asg 2024: 2.3.24

↳ NATHAN MACKINNON BEFORE THE 2024 ALL-STAR GAME | 2.3.24