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Behind the scenes of the NHL Draft

Pavel Bure, the 17-year-old captain of the USSR junior national ice hockey team, demonstrates an international gesture that requires no explanation to a hostile audience in Anchorage (1989).

#pavel bure

always a pleasure watching canada lose <3 thank you finland

#rough year for hockey canada LOLOL

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like. the overwrought mawkish celebrini crosby narratives at worlds are annoying and would seem cheap if they weren't literally being canonized by the hockey canada brass and sid himself. which is fun to think about on account of him not really abdicating his seat for cmd or nate the same way he's decided to really groom mack for this role, whether because sid is old enough for the waves of next gen to finally, actually humble him in a way they've never done before, or because macklin is a convenient, ego stroking protege who flatters his legacy in playing style and dedication to the craft, or maybe its that mack has a kind of boyish charm and willingness to be in front of the camera that means he can feed the beast of timbits mastercard ccm airbnb capitalism that has been left wanting between various canadian scions idk. and then on the other hand you're watching the anointing oils daubed on macklins face as the broadcast and journalists lay it on so cloyingly thick and then you remember oh right lol your little rebrand post trial, your little slush fund, your little declining sport enrollment, your tarnished reputation. like sure the public coronation can be all the former but more importantly it is very much the latter with the timing being just a happy coincidence. paper tiger boy king decked in red maple leafs to save your sorry asses in more ways than one lmao