"I have spent the better part of the last year wandering around Northern California looking like a man who has never seen a comb the byproduct of raising a three-year-old and a 10-month-old who view my personal grooming habits as an infringement on their time. Busy and broken, my scalp is permanently shielded by a rotation of NHL Original Six caps. Yesterday was the Canadiens; today, the Red Wings."
"And here's my problem: Macklin Celebrini is operating on a different, accelerated schedule. A Tuesday night game against the Calgary Flames should have been a non-event. The Flames are woeful; the Sharks are supposed to be developing. Instead, we got a glimpse of the exceptionally bright future, again. The Sharks did what a playoff team is supposed to do, and trounced Calgary early and late."
"There's a case to be made for the fact that 19-year-old Macklin Celebrini is the best player in the NHL today. Not tomorrow, not in 2030 today. And no disrespect to Nathan McKinnon, Cale Makar, Connor McDavid, Kirill Kaprizov, and Nikita Kucherov, but the fact that someone who is two years away from being able to order a beer in the United States is on their level is patently absurd."
A Northern California father has spent the past year appearing unkempt because raising a three-year-old and a 10-month-old limits grooming time. He wears NHL Original Six caps, prompting predictable small talk about teams and the local Sharks. The Sharks were expected to be rebuilding, but a recent win over the Calgary Flames revealed a glimpse of a bright future. Nineteen-year-old Macklin Celebrini delivered an elite performance, shifting into another gear and driving a playoff-style victory. Celebrini is argued to be operating at present among the NHL's top players, drawing comparisons to elite stars and even Steph Curry, and earning captaincy advocacy.
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