Christ, forgive these bones I've been hiding

every once in a while you need to eat something yummy. or go on a walk. or a trip to the zoo. take a hot shower. cry your eyes out. dance. listen to music. draw for way to long. write. laugh. sit in a cafe with a friend. paint your nails. dye your hair. go on a run. pet a cat

sometimes you need to do things that are cathartic or make yourself feel alive. sometimes you need the reminder of why you’re fighting so hard to stay alive

Everyone weighs their physical and mental/emotional health against one another in constantly shifting balance; inevitably, there are times when we choose to accept consequences to one for the sake of the other.

kill him sid // penguins vs panthers

I might translate this article later today. This one was the most complete one, even in Italian news it's not talked about that much.

SO GLAD YOU ASKED.

Olie Kolzig: Ovi and I had a great relationship. I said from Day 1, this kid is special. I loved the kid. I loved how involved he wanted to be in the North American culture, learning the language as quickly as he could. There was just this exuberance about him that everybody fell in love with – until he became a star, and then everybody villainized him for it. What I always admired about Ovi was that he just truly loves playing hockey. He’s excited to come to the rink.

Tarik El Bashir: Do you recall the time when Ovechkin may have celebrated a bit too much after scoring a shootout goal on you in practice? You got pretty mad.

Olie Kolzig: Yeah, I yelled, “Why didn’t you do that in the game?” We had competitions in practice. He actually got a kick out of me chasing him around. It was a lot of fun.

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Braden Holtby: These days, Ovechkin rarely uncorks a one-timer at full speed in practice. At least not with a goalie in the net.“Oh, we’ve had our run-ins in the past,” Holtby said, laughing. “I think  that’s why he doesn’t do that too often anymore. I think he realizes how powerful it is and how dangerous it can be when your own teammate is in there.”

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Carter Hutton: During the game, he’s definitely a guy that likes to talk to the goalies. I’ve always noticed that. He’s a guy that’s not shy coming around your net letting you know he’s coming to get one. … And obviously he backs it up a lot.

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SCoC: He was trying to show off and snipe and he kept hitting the veteran goalie right in the face mask. So the goalie pulled him aside and was like  “Sasha, if you hit me in the face one more time, I will smash my stick over your head,” and Ovi was super apologetic, then accidentally hit him in the face again on his next shot. Apparently he had ketchup in his skates for the next few weeks.

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Carey Price: He’s had my number for a while, so it was nice to get him back once.

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Tarik El Bashir: Someday Ovechkin is going to tell me what he says to opposing goaltenders after they make nice stops on him. 

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Henrik Lundqvist: Over the 10 years, he’s adjusted his game. Everybody does, because you change as a person, you change physically and you understand the game better. Especially as a goal scorer, it’s more about placement, being in the right spot, reading the game. That way you save a lot of energy and not skate around and hit everybody all of the time. He still does that, but he doesn’t do it as much. He’s matured a lot…

There are a bunch of players in the league that stand out. I think [Alex] Ovechkin is one of the best goal scorers of all time, not only right now. If you look what he does—if someone was able to do that 20 years ago, I think they would have a lot more goals. It’s very impressive to see someone who plays like him score that many goals. He’s just very determined when it comes to scoring chances and trying to get the puck in the net.

(”All series, baby, all series.”)

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Marc Andre Fleury: This entire sequence.