djpengwin reblogged
One of my favorite things when I was playing was having my son come down from his room in the morning and bust my balls about stuff. My kids can usually only watch the first period and then it’s time for bed, so they watch the highlights on their computer the next morning. My son will come down and start chirping me. “Hey Dad, Kunitz was wide open! How come you didn’t pass it to him? Come on!”
And I’d be thinking, I didn’t see him because there was a 230-pound defenseman trying to take my head off, you little rat. But instead I’d just smile and patiently explain to him that the passing lane was closed from my perspective so I had to chip the puck in deep to start the cycle — all while frying up some eggs and toasting his bread just the way he likes it. God love him. I swear, between him and Sid, it’s neverending. I’ll be sitting on the bench after a shift and Sid will turn to me and say, “Hey, remember what happened down in their zone last period when you did this, this and this?”
And I’ll be sitting there like, “Uh … no?”
My game will always be a simple one.
#DUPER PLS#and also#SID PLS#they just want you to take advantage of every opportunity Duper#why you gotta be like this Duper#just let them help you Duper#nO NOT NOOGIES GET OFF DUPER#he probably noogies out of nowhere in revenge lbr#both Sid and his kids (altho Sid is basically one of his kids)#Sid will have forgotten all about that 2 min he spent yapping at Duper on the bench yesterday while Duper sat longsufferingly#but Duper won't forget#oh no#also#thanks for this article Duper I really needed to cry today /s#Pascal Dupuis#I MISS YOU#Sidney Crosby#Dupuis family#Pittsburgh Penguins#Players' Tribune#articles#Sid being Sid