why u should love tomas hertl
welcome to my ted talk. obv i’m completely biased BUT let me explain why #48 on the san jose sharks is an angel, overall blessing to hockey and humanity, and deserves ur love and probably everything in the world
(complete w links, videos, and associated propaganda)
- drafted 17th overall in 2012 and came to the nhl at 19 not knowing any english
- in his 3rd nhl game he scored 4 goals including the OG between the legs top corner shot aka the best goal i’ve seen in my life. they let him keep the hats people tossed for his first hat trick
- that game led to the infamous dick trick quote from jumbo joe
- in his postgame interview, his english still wasn’t very good and he basically repeated “this is dream” over and over and if u don’t think that’s the cutest thing sorry but ur Wrong
- his nickname was teenage mutant ninja hertl (now just ninja hertl or hertl turtle)
- he is fascinated by dave & busters and how u can win prizes. after being introduced to it by matt nieto he went back alone and came back with 3 stuffed animals, one of which was a ninja turtle
- his best friend on the team was tommy wingels before he got traded. pls watch this beautiful video on their friendship maybe with like 2 tissues on hand. i promise it’s worth it.
- the tommys have the cutest lip reading video
- hertl also sent him the cutest tweet when he left. did i cry about it? u fuckin bet
- in case u are now invested rest assured bc hertl said they still talk often despite the trade but couture and dillon are filling in now
- he acknowledges that he has a big butt multiple times and wants to use it more to improve his game
- suffered horrible knee injuries (lookin at u dustin the devil brown) in his first few seasons but has worked very hard to recover and is now becoming the star forward we all knew he would be
- did pool rehab after his knee injuries with a bunch of seniors leading to cute pictures but also his catch phrase “fun must be always :-))”
- fun must be always catchphrase is fully embraced by the sharks and they made pool floaties as a giveaway to commemorate it
- he always takes time out his pregame warmup to pass pucks to kids and is usually last off the ice bc of it (no source but i’ve witnessed it at every game i’ve been to but have this instead)
- known for always smiling. he got hit in the face by a puck and even that didn’t stop him from smiling (injury/blood cw)
- literally always. said that when he gets checked in a game he smiles in response because that’s just his style. bless.
- his idol is jagr and he did a photoshoot in the same style as him. iconic.
- did sharks for life commercials with patty marleau and dylan demelo and was very very adorable in both. just giggles the whole time and gets all his lines wrong
- literally loves martin jones so much. praises him in almost all his postgame interviews and always gives him the best hugs
- in conclusion tomas hertl is a literal angel and he deserves all the love in the whole world. thanks for coming to my ted talk.
