idk i'll figure it out

“i see my son. he’s like shy and he’s like almost crying to. 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.

happy birthday, sidney crosby: certified goober

+bonus:

Everyone’s hair is really really short right now. Except Teddy’s. Keep it up, Teddy.

Geno and Jason always spend part of the warmup leaning against the glass to the left of the net. Jason was trying to juggle a puck on his stick. Geno watched him for a minute, then reached out with his stick and slapped Jason’s, knocking the puck to the ice. They laughed SO hard for SO long. They’re adorable 🥹

The last three games I’ve been to, Jake has NOT been able to play catch with Sid; he hasn’t even caught the puck one time. Sid immediately gives up if Jake can’t catch it and throw it back; he abandons their game and Jake looks bummed.

They didn’t do their little “crowd the net and shoot the puck” game last night but Sid still posted up near the goal and was kind of just. Watching Geno skate around and randomly passing him pucks. Little smile on his face the whole time. Same, Sid.

Geno LOVES to weave around between dudes and pass the puck between their feet. Doesn’t matter what they’re in the middle of, he’ll crowd real close and poke the puck past them. Cat behavior.

Sid always tosses a puck to a child with a sign in the section close to the Pens bench, so if you have a kid that’s where you should go.

Kris usually tries to get one to someone standing behind the goal even though he has to get it through the netting. He got it on his first try last night!