cannot stop thinking about this reply to brayden point's exit interview
1. I agree he and kuch should spend the summer together 🫶
2. so cute that it's a canon TBL mechanic that if a player is struggling they can get summer lessons at Kuch University to improve their game
3. fic idea where point goes to practice w kucherov in the summer and it's super awkward at first, he's never done this before and it's him and a rotation of like, dominic james and declan carlile and gonzo. and kuch is basically just ignoring him. or trying to get him to play the same mentor role as kuch in their drills w the youngins. either way point is not getting the practice he was hoping for and so he assumes it's bc kuch is just over him and would rather focus on future talents than his washed ex-center.
when he tries to talk to kuch about it he gets weirdly cold-shouldered in a way that was happening during the season too. eventually point blows up and is like 'ok I know I suck but I don't wanna get traded and I don't want my career to be over so fucking HELP ME' and kuch is like 'I'm not helping you bc you don't NEED help'
point is like. wowowow. cute.... but also 'no I really do need help and we need to stop being in denial about it' and then the work rly begins. kuch sees that point's game isn't working and they DO need to work on it. from there they slowly improve until they have a great sesh where everything's clicking like the old days. and then they kiss
















