#botg report

[keelpay]

botg report courtesy of @tremendousexpertsavagery

My daughter and her friend met Colleen and got a picture with her. She was apparently very sweet and thanked them for being fans.

They also were standing next to Will’s cousin during warm-ups. He was like 9 or 10 and was VERY proud of being Will’s cousin. They were fangirling out and he was like, “Ew. I can’t believe you like my COUSIN.”

They just introduced Will as “San Jose Sharks center, Will Smith”, which I thought was interesting

He was very chatty with Benniers and Ann Michael May. Once when they left him he just stood there by himself for awhile. I could totally be off base, but the vibe I got in person was less cocky and more that he was maybe a little out of his element (most people were NOT there for him lol). He gave off a gentler vibe than I expected.

One other note: NO ONE knew who Beniers was. I felt so bad for him. When they announced his first at-bat the crowd was literally silent. 😬

[lilisharky]

did some calculating and will smith hockey raised $16,500 for charity last night! (14 hrs total during the home run derby which was 1k per hr & 1 hr during the actual game which was 2.5k per hr)

[mothbrainrot]

Do you have botg report from last night? Was it weird to see Mack not having will to orbit around before faceoffs?

okk i can give a little botg report/just some quick observations from last night!!

mack is ALWAYS orbiting around everyone on the ice and chatting with teammates, and i wouldn’t say it was significantly different in this game. if anything i’d say he kinda chatted more, my guess being bc of the lines being scrambled. he is always chatting with refs and teammates tho, literally that boy never shuts up ever. his mannerisms honestly didn’t seem too different (unfortunately for those who want better rpf narratives) and he was def still fidgety during the anthem and such, although no will there to lean back onto lmfao. he was pretty smiley and normal during warmups when interacting with teammates but if left alone he just kinda seemed his normal zoned out. literally just staying in his corner when he’s usually passing with will and looking all stupid and smiley at him. i think the other thing during this game i noticed was the physicality, but i wouldn’t say that speaks to the recent injuries per se—my guess on that is just bringing a heavier game after last time we played the flames and how that game went, but who knows. mack definitely was playing stupidly hard, but that’s par for the course with him—his competitiveness in person is unreal. literally could just watch him and him alone and would leave the game fulfilled. overall, i wouldn’t say too much was different but it was definitely very odd to see mack out there without will nearby and them constantly finding each other on the ice and yapping on the bench

[lilisharky]

https://x.com/i/status/2061245636477923409 was will catching maye's home run decisive for the game?

loll unfortunately not since it was in the 5th or 6th inning i think? even though he won the home run derby he didn't have much of an impact on the actual game! the one home run he hit got caught after they changed the rules lol. but trust he was out there for the cheer squad for his teammates!