Ferda

“i see my son. he’s like shy and he’s like almost crying too. i think it was best thing in my life.”

and @icedbatik reminded me of this and why having nikita stand up there probably meant SO MUCH to geno

For all the physical gifts he’s displayed since he first put on a pair of hockey skates, for any of those times he beat big brother Denis in tennis matches, for those early NHL seasons when he won individual awards and those later ones marked by the highs of more Stanley Cups and lows of declining performance resulting from injuries, and for a “rough last year” when his future, along with that of his own young family, hung in the balance — through all of it, Malkin, a sure-bet future Hall of Famer and destined to be remembered as one of the greatest Russian hockey players, has suffered from confidence crises.

And now he sees those same doubts in his son, Nikita, who is shy around unfamiliar faces, who is trying to learn two languages while bouncing between Pittsburgh, Miami and Moscow, and who recently switched from hockey to soccer, a game his dad feels uncertain of how to help teach.

Nikita’s confidence is a concern to his parents. He’s a shy boy, trying to make friends while spending time in three very different cities and learning two very hard languages. On a return trip to their summer home in Moscow, Malkin noticed his son having difficulty fitting in and keeping up.

“When we go back to Moscow, it took him a week to adjust, longer to find friends, longer to talk with people,” Malkin said. “We come back to Miami, it’s the same thing — and in Pittsburgh, too. We talk to him, ask where he wants to be, because maybe Miami is a better city for him because (there are) so many Russians and he loves the ocean. It’s a hard choice because we notice he’s not always speaking English in class because he’s not knowing what words to use all the time.

“I want him to be, like, the most comfortable. I want him to be where it’s best for him.”

Child. Please. Give yourself some credit. Enjoy this moment. Bc it ain't gonna last. This life is over quick. Savor it, sweet boy.

I do hope he's able to enjoy this, just a little, even if it's privately. Someone needs to tell him, if he doesn't already know, that to do otherwise is in a way to disrespect the gift, and all the hard work and sacrifice on his part and others' that it's taken to get here.

Wtf is he doing? 😏

Found on Pinterest

i mean when yall bring up shit from 5+ years ago that people never had repeat offenses on after they immediately apologized after being told they were in the wrong. 

you seem to forget people grow and change over time. you seem to forget switching your opinions and growing and doing better and becoming a better person is part of being human, part of being a person. like, not to be that guy but a year ago i was an aphobic transmed. am i now? hell no, because i grew up and realized i was in the wrong and changed. 

holy shit. people are humans. dont fucking idolize them and rip them apart when you dig up shit they said 5+ years ago that they have never done since. dont place people on pedestals and expect them to be flawless. nobody is. and this isnt even about violent racism, transphobia/homophobia, or predatory behavior either so dont try to twist my words.

Nicklas Backstrom is smiling. You pray you never find out why. 

John Carlson is Andre Burakosvsky’s dad. Nicklas Backstrom is Andre Burakovsky’s dad. Brooks Orpik is Andre Burakovsky’s dad. What is happening to his fathers? Carl Hagelin is Andre Burakovsky’s dad.

Evgeny Kuznetsov has three assists. Nicklas Backstrom has three assists. John Carlson has three assists. No goals have been scored. Kuznetsov gets another assist.

Tom Wilson is in the penalty box. There is no game. You’re in Latvia. Tom Wilson is in the box. He’s in every box.

TJ Oshie chugs a beer through his shirt. He can’t let anyone see his true form.

Ovechkin is in the Ovi spot. No defender covers him. If they don’t make eye contact, maybe they’ll escape with their lives. 

“Backstrom doesn’t get enough attention,” the commentators agree. They spend the next hour talking about Ovechkin. It’s safer that way.

You dare not speak of Alexander Semin. You know what happens to those who do.

You look at the scouting report. There are eight prospects named Alex. You look at the roster. There are twelve players named Alex. You glance at your driver’s license. Your name is Alex.

Braden Holtby leaves the crease. You wonder what he’s running from.

Nicklas Backstrom plays dead in front of the camera. Christian Djoos plays dead in front of the camera. You hope Andre learns soon. It’s too late for Mojo.

Evgeny Kuznetsov does the bird celly. Don Cherry gnashes his teeth. It’s the only thing keeping him away.

The lines have been changed again. DSP is on the top line. You blink. DSP is on waivers. John Carlson is on the top line. You blink again. Ovechkin is a healthy scratch. The lines only exist while you look at them.

Andre Burakovsky posts a photo on instagram. You scroll through the comments to find Tom Wilson. He hasn’t said anything. You scroll faster. Still nothing. They have gotten him, then.

Lars Eller is called the Tiger. No one will tell you why. “It’s an inside joke,” the team says. Sometimes you think you see blood dripping from his fangs. “It’s an inside joke.”

Braden Holtby is a god among men. He is immortal and infinite. The defense allows 79 shots. God is dead. There is only Holtby.

and then you realize that youre judging your worth by whether or not you are objectifiable to a man and thats so fucked up like honestly its so fucked up 

All of Hockey Tumblr:

We all know Wilson makes bad hits. No one is claiming otherwise. What Caps fans are more angry about is that the league unfairly punishes some players for hits and penalties that they let other players slide on. There are a dozen guys in the league who do the same thing Wilson does and get away without even a minor panalty.

Ryan Reaves went hunting for Tom Wilson tonight. That’s the end of the discussion. No eye for an eye. No ‘but the hit was clean’. He went out on the ice tonight with the intention of hurting another player. It was unquestionably premeditated. And yet if he even gets a two game ban I’ll be surprised. The NHL doesn’t care about player safety and they never have. They needed a scapegoat to throw before the masses and deflect attention from their CTE lawsuit and they chose Tom Wilson.

If anyone tries to defend head contact like that or any kind of intentional injury of another player they don’t deserve to call themselves a fan. I don’t care if it was Tom Wilson, Ryan Reaves, or Sidney Crosby. No one should hit like that and no one deserves to be hit like that.