#HollanovHeadcanon Time 🫶🏼
(More like Ilya & Boston but 🤷🏼♀️)
Post-Cottage, Ilya goes back to Boston and starts randomly talking about his "New Friend Shane," which eventually becomes his "Good Friend Shane," and then his "Best Friend Shane." (Marly is definitely jealous the first time that pops out)
None of the guys know who he's talking about. They ask clarifying questions, but the answers range from "Have known him longer than any of you" to "Can speak bird" to "Once he cried after I made him eat carbs." None of this is helpful.
Someone suggests maybe Jane transitioned. They don't hear about her as much anymore, but Ilya is always talking about this new guy.
No one connects the right dots that "Best Friend Shane" is also "Biggest Rival Shane."
It's not until the foundation announcement that they realize "Shane" is Shane Hollander. And even then it takes some time to contextualize all of the information they've learned about "New Friend" and merge it with "Hockey Legend."
When The Incident happens, they have to go back and add all of the "Jane" information into the mix. (Carmichael cries. I don't know why, but he does.)
