#media availability

[akaz2908]

preseason media availability 9/29/25

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Auston Matthews RD1 GM3 Media Availability | 04.24.25

[mochimacky]

popular girl and her weird offputting boyfriend i'm UNWELL the way I love this to describe them and need more of this like air

i'm so glad you get it op because i can honestly say that this dynamic is my guilty pleasure for most ships and it's crazy because it's not super common in the willmack zeitgeist but it's there i swear! i'm a sucker for cute little cliche tropes sometimes

in my head, there's a college house party and will's one of the hosts. he's buzzing with all his beautiful-popular-untouchable friends who basically eat out of his hand, and mack arrives, shoulders hunched desperately gripping onto a pack of white claw like a peace offering. will's friends make fun of him in hushed tones, because yeah he plays hockey too but he's a little strange and doesn't really have any friends, but will rolls his eyes, telling them to knock it off in his half-teasing, half-serious voice. his friends trickle out of the kitchen but will stays as mack walks in, but he'll never admit to himself that he was waiting for mack just to get to look at him up close. he hasn't done that before and the alcohol in his system is just on this side of enough to give him the courage to do it regardless of what anyone would think. truthfully though, he didn't really care anyway.

mack looks a little lost so will guides him to the cooler, daring to brush his hands over the sleeve of mack's hoodie while he's helping him. will revels in the way he makes mack blush when he says "thanks baby" under his breath the moment mack catches his eye. they're standing so close that will can smell mack's cologne and probably the fabric conditioner he uses, and mack can barely hold his gaze. will chuckles to himself--he's got his target locked.

will could probably spend the night making eyes at anyone at the party, and he knows they'd know exactly what to say and what to do, and it would end up somewhere between the bathroom and will's bed. but that couldn't be further from what he wanted right now. he spotted mack again sitting alone on a loveseat in the corner of the living room, not just on his phone but holding it horizontally like he was watching a video. will had two solo cups in his hand, filled with some sad excuse for a cocktail but it was strong and sweet so who really cared anyway. he plopped himself down beside mack, invaded his personal space, pushed the cup into mack's hand, took away his phone. mack almost didn't know what to do about it, so delightfully awkward as will coaxed words and reactions out of him.

they'd probably get roped into playing some stupid game like truth or dare, and will drags mack into it. inevitably, they'd be dared to kiss and both would get cheers for entirely different reasons. once both of them get pushed into the closet under the stairs, mack gets nervous and rambles about how will doesn't have to do all this just because he feels bad for him, and how he knows he'll get made fun of because he doesn't know how to do any of this, but will soothes and hushes him before asking if he wants will to kiss him or not, because if mack doesn't it's totally okay. after a moment of silence, mack almost whimpers that he really, really does.

safe to say will's obsessed with mack after that, and the next time people see them mack's never letting will lay his hands on a door or open a can of soda himself or carry his own textbooks. will's clique is confused but they know if they say anything god knows what would happen. so mack comes to all the parties, hangouts, and trips, a near permanent sheen of will's lip balm on his cheek.

[ohmylaurrd]

Some of connor’s quotes from his media availability today!!😸 (full video)

"It's feeling good. I'm doing everything I can to make it good and as speedy as I can." (on getting back from his shoulder injury)

"He's going to do it." (on Bowen Byram proving to people he's a #1 defenseman)

"It's not a good feeling at first. You're just trying to figure out what the best steps are. Once it happens, you can't change it. Just try to attack it with a good mindset, and do everything I can to make it go as smooth as possible." (on his shoulder injury)

"There wasn't any stress involved in it(signing his extension). Very happy to get it done."

"Of course, you want both sides to be happy with the term. I think it came to that pretty quick. Both of us feel pretty good about the length of it. I think we were both comfortable with it, & we're happy with where it ended up."

"I'm very happy with the amount of money I'm making. It's a lot. The offer sheet...is going to be a different value. That didn't change anything I was thinking. Chicago is really the only place I want to play." (on mindset after Carlsson offer sheet)

"That was them! That was the first thing they offered, so that's kind of neat of them to do that. I would have been fine with whatever...but it's pretty cool." (on the $9.8 million signing bonus nod to his jersey number)

"Best present ever, for sure..." (on signing his new contract one day after his 21st birthday)

"It would be special for sure. Just getting to play for the Blackhawks in general, without any of that, is the best thing in the world. If I [were] to become a captain...it would be so special, and something I wouldn't take for granted for a second."

"We want to take a big step this year. We want to be a playoff team. That's our only goal."

"I've said it so much, Chicago is the only place I want to play. I've very happy to get this deal signed."

[puckdrunklove]

Auston Matthews, Leafs Media Availability | 2/3/25

Auston being normal about his teammate challenge:

"He [Max Domi] gives the most taps on the ass that I've ever seen out of a teammate, so that's something that I really appreciate about him."

I bet it is you lil freak

[austons-thighs]

nice

[heartbeatline]

Sidney Crosby, Penguins, talks about injury in Olympics

25.02.2026

[penaltytkachuk]

the many faces of shane pinto