dans le combat.

we'll be in montreal until the 29th, so if you find yourself in need of something to do, we'd love to have you be at the game on wednesday! we're in the eastern conference finals, so if we manage to get through this, we'll be in the stanley cup finals. usually we skate for practice in the morning, then 15 minutes before puck drop is when we do warm ups and fans are in the crowd so it's fun to see signs they make and toss a puck to a kid in the stands.

i can say that i still remember most of the stuff that you told me, even when we were both tipsy at some point. some things are a blur but i do remember we had a good laugh that day. so thanks, i'll let you know if i managed to wow the rest of the cast. where did you fly off to after the trip? back home?

shit, you understood half the shit i was saying to you? i swear i don't even remember what i was saying, so i'm glad you did at least. please do! i'd love to hear all their reactions. well i actually flew to carolina for the first two games of the eastern conference final, but now i'm back in montreal for game three.

Look at you being the hero here!

i feel like i need to wear a spandex suit and a cape now since i'm a hero and all.

he's the damn best, i'll tell you that much. we're all lucky to actually be in the mood to chow down on some good pizza after a much deserved win. shit, dude, that's a fuck ton of pressure but i'll do my best to get that hatty for you, a natural one too.

Damn that's a big list, it's like when they all get after party gifts...like everybody gets one.

can't let a single team or person go unscathed these days, that's for sure.

seriously. i thank my lucky stars every day i was able to come back pretty strong from it all. i've recovered! thankfully our training staff is the damn best for sure. i like to focus on it every so often when i'm doing training and what not. technically both since the guy who punched it was in trouble for roughing and it was really a freak accident.

oh shit, really? did you have fun on your tour? i wanna know all the details, so spare me none of them. well, we're in the final stretch of the stanley cup playoffs and are currently in the eastern conference final. if we manage to win this, we go on to the stanley cup final so it's intense as fuck.

probably enough to make it seem worth it to just say screw playoffs and stay anyway. what's a couple hundred dollars when you get to spend a little more time away from the ice?

unfortunately, it's more in the thousands and probably woulda had be benched for the entire series because we can't be fucking around this time of year when shit's getting tight. but maybe i can come back to napa for sure.

i'm gonna be fully hydrated by the time i get to buffalo to meet up with the guys for game 7. my poison's usually a good ipa or a Guinness but if we're talking wine, i love a red.

you're only 4 inches off, i'm actually 5'8" give or take. i'm the shortest guy on my team full of freakishly tall giants who are mostly 6'0"+, so i think that gives me the short king pass.

there's no official rule against it but my body'll sure hate me come monday when i'm back but...i'm allowed to kick my feet back and partake for a drink or two.