they're protagonists

20+ | she/her | miscellanious but currently sportspilled | on break✌🏻

[skyeism]

[dawg4aday]

warso speaks to social media reactions on his decision to bench will during the season [x]

[timrigginz]

[sergeifyodorov]

hi! it was probably a throwaway line but if you'd like to say a bit more on WHY mcdavid is better than crosby i'd be really grateful :3

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yeah for sure!

mostly my metrics here are insofar as individual dominance is concerned because it's very difficult to win a cup when you are on the modern-day oilers, because of the modern-day oilers of it all

anyway. first metric, points. mcdavid had a worse rookie season in that department (broke his collarbone, in his defence) and has been on pace or better ever since. 6 art ross trophies (league leader in pts) and a 150 pt szn. the only players above mcdavid on the single season list are gretzky, lemieux, and yzerman. you see mcdavid 4 times before crosby once.

mcdavid has more harts (3 vs 2) and more ted lindsays (4 vs 3)

one of sid's conn smythes is fraudulent, phil kessel shouldve won it. mcdavid was unfraudulent enough to win the conn smythe in a year he didn't even win the cup ('23), which is crazy you have to be on the all-time list in order for that to happen. which he is. #4 all time on the scoring after mario and gretzky twice.

watching clips of them in their prime (aka currentish mcdavid (when he's healthy, he's taken a step back of late) vs older sid) no one rly tilts the ice like mcdavid does imho. like sid can and will do a lot but mcdavid can singlehandedly swing games, series, playoff runs, whole seasons. 42 points in a playoff run, in the modern day where scoring isn't what it was when lemieux and gretzky were running wild, is unimaginable. nearly two points per game for over a quarter of a standard nhl season. that's another 150-point pace. that's actually slightly lesser pace than his 153-point season. sidney crosby is an all-time great but he is a great human. connor mcdavid is some unseelie creature born for puck

[lilisharky]

catching drake maye's home run

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[pewpaws]

will smith bunny jumps high to bump shoulders with brenden schooler (and jared wilson) 🪽

[mack-will]

HR Derby Champ (x)

↳ for @wsh2

[lilisharky]

botg from after the game

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[skyeism]

no like his form is so mid. but he won!

[robo271]

him and mack losers together <3

[robo271]

WAIT I'M SORRY FOR CALLING YOU A LOSER YOU'RE NEVER A LOSER

[robo271]

fuck he actually wonjsnwjsjwmswkw

[aquilotti]

NatalieNoury Will Smith of the San Jose Sharks in the HR derby for the MayeDay Family Foundation Celebrity Softball Classic 🦈

[pvckdrops]

smitty owes his co-champion drake maye a steak dinner now

[mihai-florescu]

Wouldn't it be nice?

[keelpay]

grace's tiktok showing will's collection of sticks (that he collects from his favorite players, including mack apparently)

[vietnamgp]

Bottom to top

L Hutson, Couture, KH (Kevin Hayes), Skjei, J Hughes, Wennberg, Celebrini, Kopitar, Benn, P Kane, Malkin, Thornton, Hannah Bilka, Swaggy P (Peter Lenes), No tag (heard people say maybe Asky), Hellebyuck, No tag.

Not pictured but he has Auston Matthews’ stick too

[antspaul]

like part of humanizing these women is understanding that WAGs have agency and are neither the hapless passive victims of self-serving famous male athletes nor empowered feminist women who have total control over their lives and images. when it comes to the athlete-wag relationship, i have one million more critiques of the athlete even confined to conduct within that relationship than of his partner who carries far less influence and power.

but still these women play active roles in creating and upkeeping their own positions as WAGs. they quit their jobs to influence full time. they open their platforms to the public. they go to extreme lengths to perform femininity and uphold dangerous beauty standards. they enter into dubious brand partnerships. they call photographers to take “candid” photos of them and their famous partners. they overlook public and private bad behavior from their partners and stay with them for public reasons, implicitly (and knowingly) endorsing their partner’s behavior.

to be a WAG is to construct an identity of being Secondary, what Steven Ortiz calls “a ‘wife of’ identity”. they put it on themselves and go to great lengths to upkeep it. to humanize these women is to acknowledge their ability to cause harm, to society and to themselves.

[abbyhustler]

Behind the scenes of the NHL Draft

[skyeism]

harampuck scf and ethical worlds finals what more could i ask for 🥹🥹🥹