INSANE hand-eye from mikko
dal@sjs 01.10.26
jason robertson postgame — DAL vs LAK — 1.12.26
[and then jake, what’d you see from him — obviously got pulled his last performance, and then he bounces back, as he typically does.] yeah, i mean, you knew that, um — you know, he’s as professional as it gets. um, you know, best — he’ll reset, as, as, as good as anyone, so, um, you know. we expected that from him, he expected that from himself. and, uh, we gave him the night, and he, uh, got it done for us.
jake oettinger pregame — DAL vs LAK — 1.12.26
[have you seen that in this team throughout — i think the penalty kill, earlier in the year, had a couple of hiccups and then, boom, they fixed it.] yeah. [it just seems like you guys are good at fixing things.] yeah, i think that’s important, i think every team, uh, for the most part, goes through ups and downs, and, you know, players go through ups and downs, power-play, penalty kill, so, it’s just how it goes, and the rollercoaster ride of the season, and i think the good players, that stick around for a long time, are the ones that can, you know, fix it on the fly, and not let it get too out of hand.
car vs dal — 1/6/26
"Do you want to win the Stanley Cup again?" Faceoff: Inside the NHL s2e3
Encouragment for writers that I know seems discouraging at first but I promise it’s motivational-
• Those emotional scenes you’ve planned will never be as good on page as they are in your head. To YOU. Your audience, however, is eating it up. Just because you can’t articulate the emotion of a scene to your satisfaction doesn’t mean it’s not impacting the reader.
• Sometimes a sentence, a paragraph, or even a whole scene will not be salvagable. Either it wasn’t necessary to the story to begin with, or you can put it to the side and re-write it later, but for now it’s gotta go. It doesn’t make you a bad writer to have to trim, it makes you a good writer to know to trim.
• There are several stories just like yours. And that’s okay, there’s no story in existence of completely original concepts. What makes your story “original” is that it’s yours. No one else can write your story the way you can.
• You have writing weaknesses. Everyone does. But don’t accept your writing weaknesses as unchanging facts about yourself. Don’t be content with being crap at description, dialogue, world building, etc. Writers that are comfortable being crap at things won’t improve, and that’s not you. It’s going to burn, but work that muscle. I promise you’ll like the outcome.
For any writers that need encouragement
ritzy sjs@dal | postgame 12.05.2025
the beautiful game
DAL @ LAK (01.12.26) — robo with the go-ahead goal in socal 😌
Wrong Again, Wrong Again - N. Hischier
Here is my fic for @senditcolton's End of the Year Surprise Prompts!
Player - Nico Hischier Quote - Dissecting the contrast between the first and last “I love you”
I was super inspired by this quote, Nicole, so I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it – thanks again for running this fun challenge and giving me inspiration for writing twice this year in a year that’s been very difficult! This fic is a little different than my usual but I really loved challenging myself.
Summary: Everything reaches an end, eventually. You and Nico are no exception.
Warnings: angst, break-up
Words: 1k
Title from I love you, I’m sorry, by Gracie Abrams
MAT BARZAL interviewed before the Islanders game against the Devils on January 6, 2026
“I am now here on Long Island with America’s Next Top Model, you look amazing.” -PK Subban
toronto maple leafs @ new york islanders | january 3, 2026
legend tells of a mysterious being called “nuance” that allows multiple things to be true at the same time. some say you can still hear its voice whispering in the trees