Revisiting some old interviews of Willmack and here’s one that kind of stuck out to me
We all know that Will was very adamant on being a center up until the end of this year after playing on Mack’s wing
Obviously this was a pretty big deal because he’s willing to change his position that he’s played forever for a chance to play with Mack(even though he insisted multiple times that he wanted to be a center no matter what)
But this interview is from the training camp before this past season where Mike Grier had said that Will would be returning to his center position after playing on Mack’s line for a few games in Rookie year
When the interviewer asks Mack if he’s excited for Will returning to his position he just looks outright pissed. I think we sometimes gloss over how much this actually means to Mack to have Will playing with him
He so badly wants someone to match him on the ice, to basically be the other half of a franchise breaking dynamic duo, so when someone insinuates that Will not being that person for him he becomes petty and avoidant
Like he literally tries to deflect the question and instead makes it about how they have Great Chemistry together(while still praising Will’s hockey by saying no matter what they’ll still have a good offense since he’s his special player) because in no world would Mack ever want Will to not be HIS guy
They have such an interesting relationship and absolutely refuse not to be each other’s person on (and off: ie. constant FaceTimes) the ice which is why I think the Divorce rumors (while fun for rpf narratives) lack any substance
We will see that once they are back together again for the training camp in Van and the pre-season that they are still very much codependent boybestfriends
