#leafs lb

what do you mean quinn hughes isn’t a canuck and mitch marner isn’t a leaf and brad marchand isn’t a bruin and mikko rantanen isn’t an av and

mens professional ice hockey is truly THEE losergirl sport. obsessively physical. sweat everywhere. intricate superstition rituals and blood sacrifices to gods who can't hear or don't care. hating your father. eating like your mother. going into the gladiator arena every night literally green with envy that everyone else is somehow faster and smarter and better than you. getting that one lame little gametime win-- arm cocked back and firing like a sniper, gunpowder on your stick, artificial windchill biting the back of your neck as your man collects your pass, landing the dirtiest filthiest most teeth grinding hit-- and suddenly a friendly face wearing familiar colors is crashing into your arms and licking your cheek and calling you a beauty. you're beautiful. holy shit. you're really beautiful.

“the road has been a problem for the maple leafs” dude everything has been a problem for the maple leafs. the notion of hockey is presenting a problem for the maple leafs.

Also watching an Indigenous young man who’s been talking about his background in a way where he’s very much “you have to accept all of me and that includes my heritage because I’m proud of it” going 1OA…hell yeah.