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Starting a collection of Mack only having his arm around Will when photographed as a trio

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[skoavsbaby]

im going to fucking sob he’s the sweetest person ever😭😭💖💖

(from willmackupdates)

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Stand on business and change the profile picture too while youre at it wsh

[wmhockey]

Even more than confused as to why Will posted something with another man on Mack’s birthday, I’m confused as to why a man who is Boston down is supporting the NY Knicks.

Like… NY is one Boston’s biggest rivals! What are you doing?

Oh nony, if we lived in a reality where Willmack were actually normal about each other, Will would post a story or pic with Mack and caption it something like “Cake and candles bro, unc status loading” and Mack would like it, reply “good looks gang” and leave it at that.

If they were normal about each other, the way Will seems to be with Gabe, Fowler, and Beniers, he’d just hop on a plane at some point before or after the Bauer combine and visit his homie in his hometown. No mandatory work-related, group-based training function required to hide behind.

But unfortunately, we live in a world where those two have not, not even for a second, been normal about each other. I call it 50 Shades of Whatever They Are to Each Other.

Except this particular summer shade is looking a little less sunshine and a lot more thunderclouds.

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microwaves ur first overall

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bauerhockey: Warming up for a big day at the 2026 #BauerCombine!

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these fake ass bandwagon knicks fans

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The boyking is 20 today and Im feeling emotional about it

[dawg4aday]

enter macklin celebrini, 20

[pucksonnetboys]

This video is genuinely SO INTERESTING to me from a story telling perspective. Regardless of what you think about about making Mack captain next season it's so clear from this video that that's what's happening:

Starting the video with glazing from Warso, saying Mack was on a mission and essentially carried the team all season

Having both Toffoli and Wennberg, two of the current veteran alternate captains, emphasize how good Mack is, talking about "the kind of guy he is"

Narrator then throws in, "Growth isn't measured only on the score sheet, it's measured on the impact you have on the people around you. For someone still at the beginning of his NHL journey, Macklin's influence already extends far beyond his age"

Throw in Dickie saying Mack leads by example, showing the young core also looks up to him

Getting Sherwood in there too, a vet who has played on many different teams (and famously under not-so-great leadership recently), to praise Mack's work ethic and drive: "but you also see too like, how much it means to the guys around him"

None of this is new but putting it all together like this is pretty telling to me. A really well-made video if you want to soft launch a 20 year old to become your captain imo

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Old pic we think

[atleticismo]

it's not gay if you don't spend his birthday with him

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tummy

[vzb-on-venus]

will who has the bauer combine and can’t make it to mack’s birthday (again). last year they were slightly less codependent, so mack was fine with it, but this year he does NOT feel fine about it. which is causing him to freak out because hockey is ultimately the most important thing in both their lives and hockey is what facilitates most of their relationship, so what does it mean that now mack wants to be a greater priority to will than hockey? what does it mean that will is the only thing that can really make will feel better after hockey lets him down? what does it mean that while playing hockey with the best of his country he’s still calling will constantly? so mack doesn’t even mention his birthday twice and acts like it doesn’t matter that will isn’t there because he has never wanted something, loved something, more than hockey and doesn’t know how to deal with that being a possibility.

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I just saw someone say that Will isnt blond?? Am I the only person that calls him blond and everyone else considers him brunet or…