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I've been looking forward to sharing this story with the hockey world. Today feels like an appropriate day. Please read, and enjoy.
Aarif Deen
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Aarif Deen
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#Avs beat writer @ColHockeyNow | @ThePHWA member | ๐ Michigan #Dearborn | Muslim ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ถ | ุนุงุฑู |
- According to news outlets in London, Ontario, Nazem Kadri's day with the cup will be Aug. 27. His celebrations will begin at noon at the London Muslim Mosque. I believe this is the first time the Stanley Cup will visit a mosque. Monumental moment ๐
- I can't imagine NHL Player Safety letting this slide. Can they?
00:00 - I don't want to be that guy, but the truth is, if some random comedian put on a fake beard and started speaking to Nazem Kadri with a fake Arabic accent, I'd be pissed. How did the NHL actually allow this?
00:00 - A teary-eyed Erik Johnson is struggling to hold it together speaking to media. He says there have been times during his career when he never thought this moment would ever come.
- Landeskog was asked about the Rantanen trade on the @spittinchiclets podcast. His response: "I don't know, I gotta square it up on Saturday. The Stars are coming into town on Sunday, so we're gonna take Mikko out and air it all out." He also said he still loves Mikko.
- Nazem Kadri is here for morning skate and he's been staring at the Stanley Cup banner for a solid 30 seconds
- Cale Makar sat in full equipment for several minutes when he got to the room.
- Mikko Rantanen said he watched Gabriel Landeskog's first game back in the AHL
- #Avs Gabriel Landeskog on Erik Johnson: "He's been there since my first training camp. He was my first roommate on the road. And now we're sitting here 11 years later and we're going to the finals."
- Rantanen: "6 weeks before the deadline, we were still negotiating at that point and I felt at that time I needed to go talk to front office, which I did, face to face. I told them I'll be flexible and I want to play here for a long time. Then a couple days later they traded me."
