121 (or So) Things to Love During the NHL Playoffs
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Have you been following hockey this year? It’s cool! No worries. Everyone’s busy. I totally get that. To help you catch up, here’s a short but incomplete list of a few things to watch during the NHL postseason, which starts today. In no particular order:
- Gustav Nyquist
- Tomas Tatar
- Tomas Tatar’s eviction notice
- Mike Babcock’s sad face
- Mike Babcock’s happy face
- (The joke is that they are the same face, you see.)
- Jimmy Howard
- The Magic Man
- The resiliency of Detroit
- Hey, did you know it’s Detroit Week here?
- Brendan Smith
- Brendan Smith’s brother, Reilly Smith
- Brendan and Reilly Smith’s mom and dad
- Patrice Bergeron
- Zdeno Chara
- Tuukka Rask
- Bro’ing out at Harvard Square
- Rene Rancourt
- Tommy Wingoals
- Tomas Hertl
- “I not much like L.A. this season.”
- Sharkie
- Tomas Hertl + Sharkie
- Being adorable
- Being from Wisconsin
- Minions
- Wookiees
- Pirates
- #HartnellDown
- The best player in the world
- The other best player in the world
- James Neal’s wrist shot
- James Neal’s hair
- Evgeni Malkin’s Instagram account
- Kris Letang
- Dan Bylsma
- Marc-Andre Fleury
- Marc-Andre Fleury’s confidence
- The St. Louis Blues’ power-play dance
- The Ambassador of Fun
- T.J. Oshie
- T.J. Oshie’s super-cute baby
- Alex Steen
- David Backes
- Animals that David Backes can adopt
- Ryan Miller
- Ways in which Curtis Joseph can influence our lives
- The physical health of the St. Louis Blues
- The emotional health of the St. Louis Blues
- Oh fine whatever just watch the St. Louis Cardinals
- Seriously I don’t even want to talk about it
- Patrick Roy
- Patrick Roy’s seething rage
- For real is Patrick Roy hulking out yet because I’d like a heads-up on this one
- Nathan MacKinnon
- #WhyNotUs
- Matt Duchene’s knee
- Tyler Seguin’s “go expletive yourself” world tour
- But probably also Tyler Seguin’s hotel room at 2 a.m.
- Jamie Benn
- Peskiness
- Grit
- Heart
- Intangibles
Mimico- Carey Price
- P.K. Subban
- Speaking French
- Being Canada’s team
- JK that’s not a thing
- #LUMBUS
- SERIOUSLY #LUMBUS
- Patrick Sharp
- Madelyn Sharp
- My Little Blackhawk
- Jonathan Toews
- Patrick Kane
- CHELSEA CHELSEA I BELIEVE
- Duncan Keith
- Brent Seabrook’s pep talks
- Brent Seabrook’s hair
- A lot of hair on this list already, is that weird?
- Going high glove side
- Dustin Brown
- The entire Brown family, if we’re being real
- Jonathan Quick
- Missing Ben Scrivens
- JEFF. CARTER. (And, by extension, @theRoyalHalf)
- Professional athlete and Olympic gold-medalist Drew Doughty
- Mixing up the L.A. Kings and Sacramento Kings logos
- TEEMU.
- TEEMU FOREVER.
- Some other dudes who play for the Anaheim Ducks, I guess
- TEEMU.
- TEEMU.
- TEEMU.
- Bryz
- Josh Harding
- Being brave
- Ryan Suter
- Zach Parise
- That little kid who loves Charlie Coyle
- Jon Cooper (!!!!!)
- Steve Yzerman
- Ben Bishop
- Ryan Callahan
- Steven Stamkos
- Recovering from horrific injuries
- Not Martin St. Louis
- OK fine Martin St. Louis because the Rangers made it too
- John McEnroe’s bandmate
- NBC’s dreams coming true
- Don Cherry
- Tim Thompson’s YouTube page
- Fancy stats
- Hockey Twitter
- NHL Ties
- Extra Skater
- Organist Alert
- Doc Emrick’s synonym game
- Having fun out there
What did I forget? Oh, yeah. This bro.
Happy playoffs, guys.
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