#so many hockey games

[asliceofzosan]

i've seen figure skater sanji and hockey player zoro before. idk if its been explored but i'd love to put it out there:

hockey player sanji (specifically goalie bc he desperately wants to avoid being checked) and then pairs skater zoro.

pairs skater zoro's long time partner has been nami. though many people ship them together a Lot, they just know each other super well. Well enough to try dating and both of them realized they don't swing that way. in fact, it makes them a really good team. they fought long and hard to claim top spots in competitions because they portray a chemistry that's separate from the rest. plus zoro can carry nami like she weighs fucking nothing. so their lifts are so much more dynamic. they even have a whole next to impossible combination that they're trying to get the ISU to name after them officially.

sanji plays for the East Blue Straw Hats in the Grand Line Hockey League – a formidable rookie group that took down lots of big names in the preseason. they want to make it all the way to the postseason playoff finals but always seem to fall short. but theyre so determined. they reignited a lot of old sparks that were no longer there for old fans and brought in new and curious fans. sanji is the starter goalie and a damn good one at that. it makes sense bc goalies are often doing splits on the ice just to make a save. he's perfected the technique that utilizes just his legs to make saves that make the crowd go fuckin insane.

we have the usual "i booked the rink to practice before you did" trope but a little more spice. in actuality, sanji loves watching pairs skating competitions. his favorite pair rn is franky and robin (mostly for robin). and he adamantly does not want to admit to anyone that he watches zoro and nami's routines much more frequently. (and if anyone asks, he always says its bc of nami. its never just bc of nami.) and zoro's besties with luffy so he always watches their matches even if he barely understands the rules. and he definitely does not stare at a certain blond starter goalie most of the match thats fucking ridiculous

one day zoro and sanji are invited to do one of those comparison videos between hockey players and figure skaters. both get to laugh at the other even Attempting to do their sport. zoro frankly looks ridiculous in all of sanji's usual goalie get-up. and sanji couldn't land an euler to save his life. the video producer suggests they try a simple pairs skating routine. sanji is like "oh i couldn't do that–hEY WHAT THE FUCK MOSSHEAD PUT ME DOWN" because zoro lifted sanji and had him sat on his shoulder like it was normal.

zoro smirks, "you might be lighter than nami, actually. wanna be my new partner?"

sanji knees him in the stomach before skating away while blushing so hard he could melt the ice beneath him.

[adelphenium]

all-star icons!🌟

[chaotic-archaeologist]

As a Jew I don't proselytize my religion, but as a Midwesterner I do proselytize hockey.

[larsnicklas]

i've only had leo carlsson for 16 games because the ducks are experimenting with a load management strategy for their second overall pick in the 2023 draft but if anything happened to him i would kill everyone in this room and then myself —

[kitnita]

jason robertson postgame — DAL vs STL — 12.27.23

[we just talked about — the comebacks are great, but you don’t want to get down two-nothing.] yeah, I mean … a couple breakdowns. it’s hard — it’s hard, I mean, we’ve been doing it all year — all past couple of years, but it’s not gonna happen every game. [I think it’s six — five out of the last six games you guys have either had a situation where you’ve had to come back and you did. and so in five of them you did and this was the first one that you didn’t win, or at least get points.] yeah. I mean, like I said, it’s hard, hard to do. um … [laughs] it’s hard, it’s hard to score. but you know, you don’t wanna get in that situation. but I mean, it did feel like we played pretty well in the third period, yeah. [and then what’d you see on your goal?] yeah, I mean, I just — we got a big kill, very big kill, and just got on the ice and had some, um — you know, was kind of fresh, so. just trying to … get open, and roop found me, and then I was able to score. [do you feel momentum off that? I mean, I know you’re not a penalty killer, but do you feel momentum off the penalty kill?] yeah, absolutely. it’s a big moment in the game. um, a two minute five-on-three in the nhl is … I mean, it’s, you’re not looking good. but I mean, our pk has been — our five-on-three pk has been excellent this whole year, um … our pk has been excellent, you know, the wall made some saves. um, it’s unfortunate we couldn’t tie the game up.

[carpisuns]

gaining a new interest/joining a new fandom is always kind of intimidating it feels like there’s so much you’ve missed out on by not enjoying this thing before so you’re like GRAHHHH got to catch up so I can have peak enjoyment like all the Enjoying This Thing experts around here! which is so silly bc if you enjoy a thing you’re already there but. yknow

[bo-bichette]

okay sports blogs this is ridiculous and i need to know. how many hockey teams do y’all follow??? cause i swear there’s like 10 new teams on my dash every day

[himbeaux-on-ice]

everything melts.

[skiinedknees]

IF I SEE ANDREW DRAWN AS A TWINK ONE MORE TIME.

[sidmalkin]

[icedbatik]

Some of you have heard this story before, but I’m going to tell a variation of it again, for those who haven’t and those who may have forgotten.

When I got into hockey, it was the off-season and I had been lured in largely by friends sharing links to YouTube videos of Sid skating or scoring an incredible goal, links to articles about Geno and how desperately he wanted to play hockey as a Pen that he gave up everything and fled Russia, not knowing what it would mean for every aspect of his life outside of hockey. They were super-talented and loved each other and hockey and made this rather violent game something beautiful.

Cue that preseason, when they lost 5 of 8 exhibitions and my friends assured me that the preseason didn’t matter, that they weren’t playing with the usual rosters and it would be OK.

Cue that regular season and opening losses to Dallas, Arizona and Montreal.

At the end of that October, the Pens had won 7 of 11 games, but they were struggling, with 2 of those 7 wins requiring OT to finish the job.

That November, the Pens won only 5 of 12 games.

The Pens won only 5 of 14 games that December, a month that included losing 5 in a row – 4 of them at home – and 7 of 9 during one stretch.

This is the season in which the headlines those first few months were a near-daily question along the lines of “Is Sid OK?” because he was scoring well below his usual point-per-game pace. Those lacking anything better to write opted for discussing how Sid might be slowing down, losing a step, showing signs of his “advanced age”.

I, too, was wondering. My friends – and media documentation of Sid and Geno’s careers – had convinced me that they were the best of the best, that Sid was top 5 of all time. Yet, those claims didn’t match what I was seeing and reading.

Thankfully, I had my friends to talk me down off of the cliff during those long months that also saw Duper – a beloved player and favorite Sid winger – retire early because of health issues. It was harsh all the way around.

Fast-forward a few months, to when the Pens squeaked into the playoffs, only to knock out the Rangers in five games, knock out the Capitals in six games, knock out the Lightning in seven games, and take home the Cup after knocking out the Sharks in six games.

I get it. The Pens’ current losing streak is painful to watch. Even more so when you’re invested not just in the wins/losses of the collective team but in the players also suffering through it.

But ... it’s early yet. Only 11 games into the season. For all that the core remains, they have a lot of new guys settling in. And I know for a fact that a few rough months to start the season does not a bad season make. Sometimes, they make for the start of a truly amazing season.

[suburbanbonfire]

Oh my gosh I totally don’t go here (resident leafs dumbass) but your art is incredible!!! I love the style so much!!

THANK YOU!! <3 the tumblr hockey sphere is so fucking great, it's so welcoming i love you all (and leafs are great, I love them too, they just haven't spoken to me artistically yet, you are more than welcome here)

[larsnicklas]

2023-24 NHL SEASON SNAPSHOT MOMENTS ↪ TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING VS. DALLAS STARS

Tampa Bay's VICTOR HEDMAN is honored in a heartfelt ceremony prior to his 1000th game in the NHL. He becomes the first Lightning defenseman and only the third player overall to play 1000 games for the club. Tampa Bay would go on to win the game 4-0 in a dominant performance in front of a raucous home crowd. HEDMAN logged over 23 minutes of ice time in the victory and was +1 to end the night as his team snapped a four-game losing streak.

[cornerihaunt]

oh. ohhhhhhhh. okay. okay. well. at least it’s not detroit.

[orrsoared]

I shut the Ravens game off - there’s only so much agony I can handle 💀