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huggingtheblueline · 8 years

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A Very Real Hockey Ask Meme

1: ugliest jerseys 2: best jerseys 3: most tragic beard (playoff or otherwise) 4: best beard 5: best butt (not including Crosby, too easy) 6: most alarming rate of balding 7: best flow 8: most amusing pre-game routine 9: most amusing warm-up routine 10: best goal celly 11: worst goal celly 12: cutest toothless smile 13: best goalie helmet 14: most extra player superstition 15: favourite hit or fight (accidental or intentional) I was asked to do this by @kileha, and I've always wanted to do one of these, so yay! Here's a bunch of my opinions on things! :D 1. Ugliest Jerseys: hmmm... I don't like the Bl@ckh*wks, and I also really dislike a certain Philly team, so I feel like I'm kind of biased against those color combinations no matter what. But in terms of actual jersey ugliness, the Canucks have had a rough history (although I like their current jerseys just fine).

2. Best Jerseys: The 2017 Winter Classic jerseys for the St. Louis Blues are so pretty. I love them. I knitted a scarf based off of them, they just make me happy. (I also really liked the Stadium Series jerseys for the Pens this year)

3. Most Tragic Beard: I'm not a huge fan of facial hair on most guys, so pretty much every player needs to shave, in my opinion. However, Brent Burns stands out because there's always too much chaos associated with his hair. Also, as much as I love Sidney Crosby, I love him even more when he's clean shaven.

4. Best Beard: Umm... no? But if I have to pick, then Kris Letang usually looks pretty good.

5. Best Butt: Probably William Nylander. Really, his entire lower body is pretty fine, and his penchant for super short shorts only seems to help that.

6. Most alarming rate of balding: I saw an interview the other day where Geno's hair was looking kind of thin on top, but I think it was just a really bad hair day. I don't think any of my favorites/anyone super on my radar is going bald?? If I think of one, I'll update this, but for now I'll just post this lovely Christmas video (start at 2:22)

7. Best Flow: Ooh, this is a tough one, there are so many boys with excellent hair in the NHL :) Okay, so, in no particular order: Hagelin, Tanger, Nylander (I have lots of examples), and Matt Martin when he was with the Islanders. (I'm also just going to throw out a fictional, non-NHLer here, because I can and because I absolutely love his hair: Reilly from Letterkenny.)

8. Most Amusing Pre-Game Routine: TANGER (with the assist from Alex! <3 )!!!!!!! It's not amusing so much as precious, but I love it so much :D

9. Most Amusing Warm-Up Routine: So, I'm in college, and I don't have a tv, so I have to stream most of the games, which means that I don't get to see the warm-ups, and therefore I am woefully under-informed on this one. However, I know that there is plenty of footage of Geno being a silly little penguin during warm-ups, so he's a potential, but I want to talk about two of my other favorites who haven't gotten any love in this post yet. Jeff Skinner is a wonderful ray of sunshine who isn't afraid to be a little goofy sometimes, and Mitch Marner seems to like hugs and cuddles as much as me, so I nominate both of them.

10. Best Goal Celly: Mitch Marner has so much joy, all the time. I also really love watching my favorite, Colton Parayko, celebrate his teammate's goals (he's pretty low-key about his own, but has the best smile when other people score).

11. Worst Goal Celly: P@trick K*ne, because if he's cellying it means that he scored, and that's not acceptable.

12. Cute Toothless Smile: Morgan Rielly - I've seen it so many times, and I love it, and I could not for the life of me find a good gif or video of it. So... just watch every Maple Leafs game and video ever until you see it? (And then keep watching, because I love them all)

13. Best Goalie Helmet: Gerry Cheevers has the iconic mask, which I find simultaneously cool and creepy (I hate the old style goalie masks). For those of you who don't know, he essentially got stitches painted on his mask everywhere that he would have needed them in real life if he didn't have said mask. However, I also really like Fleury's newest helmet, as well as the more classic one for this season. Finally, Jake Allen has a great helmet for the 50th anniversary season, and being the Cardinals fan that I was raised to be, I can't help but love Carter Hutton's 2017 Winter Classic helmet.

14. Most Extra Player Superstition: I really just want my answer to be something to do with Tyler Seguin, because I think that "extra" is the number one word I use to describe him, but I actually don't know (EDIT: I just looked it up and it seems like he’s actually not superstitious at all. Rock on dude). I'm a person who likes routine, and even though I don't consider myself to be superstitious I definitely understand if you like to do things the same way before every game (I eat the same meal every time I have a dance performance, and I have to brush my teeth immediately before a lot of different types of events). I guess I just haven't heard of anyone doing something that I wouldn't do yet? I mean, Glenn Hall supposedly threw up before every single game, but he said something along the lines of, "If I don't throw up, it means I don't care enough," which might not be healthy, but I can also see his logic (if he's throwing up from nerves). Gretzky didn't cut his hair while on the road, but that just makes sense to me.

15. Favorite Hit or Fight: I have a couple: Jamie Benn being somewhat petty (this isn't a real fight, sorry not sorry), Crosby beheading McDonagh after he boarded Sheary, known goon Mitch Marner jumping in for Auston Matthews... idk, I hate watching fights when the players that I love are in them (my most said phrase while watching hockey is, "Don't you dare touch him! Go away!"), but I'm also super proud of them when they do fight, and then if I don't know the players that well then the fights are just fun. Also, I know nothing about these teams, I think this is from Russia, but this is one of my all-time favorite gifs, it always makes me laugh, and I could watch it on repeat all day long. Sometimes my dad and I will send each other videos of hockey fights, but I don't really have a favorite out of those (and they go wayyy back). Yay! I've had an excuse to write a lot about hockey, and share some of my favorite pictures and videos and gifs! Thank you @kileha! For anyone else who wants to do this, you can consider yourself officially tagged/asked :)

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