Have you had any recent interactions with the guys?
full enough yeah i have!
recently mikko and i talked in the practice facility parking lot, it was the day after the ducks game. i parked and he was walking by me toward the dumpsters and he goes
"GOOD MORNING!" (mind you we were maybe 15-20 feet away from each other)
and i said good morning back and asked how he was and he made a fully little face and goes "meh."
then i proceeded to ask if it was a full practice or not and he goes "oh no no full practice we fucked UP"
the last time we had talked was right after i turned 21 so he asked me how i was liking that and what i like to drink, and he told me he likes vodka" a lot"
then the avs had a little event at a car wash right by where i work given that the carwash is a new sponsor of the team and it was Alex Newhook and Kurtis Macdermid (two of my favorites)
and i talked to both of them for about 45 minutes each, got a broken stick Kurt gave me at practice signed and then i ran my car through the car wash and i am small and i drive an SUV. my car is black and i usually dry it after i wash it and there are spots i cant reach and kurt ran over and goes "let me give you a hand!" and helped me dry my car.
Devon Toews- this man is a whole comedian. He's also so sleepy like 90% of the time which I think is super funny. He was signing for me and a few others and he was wearing the brand “NO Bull” shoes and i made a joke about nate (who is sponsored by them) bringing shoes to everyone and he looks at me and goes
“Hey don't start that rumor i’ve been wearing these a lot longer”
Gabe Landeskog- this is the prettiest man i have ever seen up close. He is so nice and so soft spoken. He will call you a pet name if you're nice and is also massive. He called me honey and sweetheart the two times I've met him. He has basically no accent and is very warm. He's literally gorgeous and surprisingly not intimidating at all. He's so kind and soft with great dad energy.
Logan O’Connor- so last year Logan and I had a few awkward moments of me embarrassing myself and calling him boyfriend shaped, not thinking it was loud enough for him to hear, turns out it was and now everytime he sees me he brings it up. Including twice last year and so far twice this year. He also remembered my name and when he signed the card I handed him he made it out to me without asking, which was so sweet.
J.T. Compher- okay so he's a little shit.
It was over a span of two days that he walked out with alex back to back and the first day alex tried to get him to come sign and take pictures and he goes
“Nope i'm going to take a nap”
Which is fair.
And then day two Alex basically forced him to come take pictures and sign and jt asked if he could get in his car first and Alex death glared at him and crossed his arms watching until jt took pictures and signed for everyone. And jt checked in with Alex before leaving to make sure he was free to go. A whole group of comedians at this point.
Bowen Byram- this man looks at me like he's in love and i cant handle it. He listens so intently, he's a lot like ej in a lot of ways. And he tends to walk around with no shoes on and then magically have shoes on. He also is very big, surprisingly large.
Mikko Rantanen- he is huge and so funny. He and I were standing next to each other and I asked for a picture and he leaned down and went.
“Let me make sure we both fit in this picture”
Mind you hes 6’4 and im 5’2 or 3 with shoes on.
Arturri Lehkonen- hes just a little guy. He stands like the emoji and his voice is so deep and even deeper in person. He had this sleepy little tuft of hair when I saw him sticking straight out and he blushed when we thanked him for stopping.
Omg yesss, Rosco is a literal puppy and dermy 😭. Give me all the interactions!!
rosco is a total flirt too! hes so great.
the new big one is Cole Caufield, i got to meet him here in denver when the habs were in town and he is so freaking cute in person, all giggles and smiles! he may be the most precious man on planet earth!
Omg, welcome back!!! I’ve missed your player interactions!! Would love to hear any new ones!!
oh man, i have a few good ones.
the most heart breaking one was that i got a Kurtis Macdermid jersey (as most of you know he was the love of my life) and the day before he got traded, he signed it and personalized it for me. then the next day he got traded. it was one of the sweetest moments I’ve ever had with a human in my whole life. i love that man so dearly.
I met Ross Colton!
first of all he was wearing all black the first time i met him. He told me i smelled good and got all like smirky with it. then i met him again, at the signing he had at the sports card store and he goes “oh hey its the girl from practice that smells good!” (before you ask, yes i died on the spot and no i am not okay)
Besides those I dont have much for Avs, but i do have some stories of meeting other NHLers! let me know if you’d like those as well!
