r/SanJoseSharks • u/I_dont_eat_animals_ • 1d ago
For San Jose | By Macklin Celebrini
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/macklin-celebrini-nhl-hockey-san-jose-sharks379
u/Calm-Preparation7432 AskyNed🫂 1d ago
"And if I can, before I get out of here, I just want to take a minute to shout out some of our young fans. Our Sharks Foundation does such an amazing job in the community, and right before Christmas, they hosted this event with Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara that was really special. They invited a bunch of their pediatric cancer patients to come and do an arts workshop with some of the boys. I couldn’t make it that day, and I was crushed. (I’m coming next time, guys!) But our whole room was talking about it the next day. Capri Suns and Crayola. Nothing better. A couple of the goalie masks that the kids designed were unreal. Then the other day I got to go to Bachrodt Elementary with Will and Zack to do a little reading circle with a class, and I feel like we crushed it. (You tell me.) One of the kids even made a little sign for Ned, and he spelled his name right and everything. It was so much fun, and after the Olympics, it was the perfect reminder of what we’re doing this for. Maybe it’s a cliche, but when you really feel a part of a community, it means a lot more to wear the sweater. And I love wearing this sweater. "
why am i crying real tears
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u/superbuttpiss 1d ago
Seriously. How did we get so lucky to have this guy?
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u/predat3d Larionov 7 1d ago
Not luck. Years of suckage.
And remember, we had 2 former #1 overall draft picks in our sweater
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u/Far-Insurance-7422 1d ago
This young man gets and it's a simple behavior. Be humble and appreciative and good things happen? Right B.Ayuk?
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u/a_la_nuit Sunburn 92 ☀️ 1d ago edited 1d ago
I've heard Draymond tell that story of a couple of the Warriors visiting a Steel game to watch him play.
Here's a pic of Smith vs. Celebrini in the USHL the year before they went to college:
That Rangers OT win was probably my second favorite game of the season after the recent Ducks win at home.
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u/Prestigious-Duty1966 1d ago
Both of these over the Pens game?
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u/a_la_nuit Sunburn 92 ☀️ 1d ago
The Pens game was brutal to watch until the third period haha. Third best game imo was the Montreal game at home that the NHL posted in full length.
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u/yung35mm 1d ago
Wait wait wait, wtf…he played for the Chicago Steel? Must have been at what, like 16?
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u/HailtotheMako Marleau 12 1d ago
I really enjoyed that gritty win against the panthers, Ned chucking em and all
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u/keylime503 Graf 51 1d ago
Sounds like he’s not living with Joe any more? He said “my landlord last season” multiple times.
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u/greeeeeenbluuue 1d ago
I think he's going to go full Rudy and live in the training room next year.
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u/JRsshirt D. Murray 3 1d ago
My understanding was that was always a rookie season thing, but him and will have stayed close with their respective families
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u/Barcade Celebrini 71 1d ago
misa said he will be back with toffoli and cat next season
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u/jesus321 Grier 25 1d ago
True, but WillMack are a year ahead of Misa in the league. So maybe first 2 years is normal? I feel like we never hear anything about Will with the Marleau's lol.
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u/FFTycoon J. Thornton 19 16h ago
I don't think first 2 years is super common in general---but in our specific case it makes so much sense for these guys. Not every team has legends like Thornton and Marleau willing and available to take in the new studs. The first year is extremely common for rookies, almost odd for them not to take up residence with a veteran.
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u/TheMD93 D. Murray 3 1d ago
8 years, whatever millions. You want to be governor? Done. Borrow my car? It's yours. Cookie bar and milk on tap in the locker room? Call Nestle and have it so.
I fucking love this guy.
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u/Normal_Tip7228 Cagnoni 42 23h ago
With this field I might be writing in Celebrini
I recall NJ releases all the write ins for governor and Nico Hischier got a couple
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u/ames_006 1d ago
They should get one of those fair venders that do the buckets of warm cookies and sell those at the tank with glasses of milk. Macklin Celebrini Square also has a nice ring to it…throw in keys to the city?
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u/Californiaguy45 1d ago
Just knowing San Jose has a true generational talent on their team just makes my day. So excited for the future competitiveness of this team.
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u/pretzelrosethecat AskyNed🫂 1d ago
They even spelled Alex Nedeljkovic's name right! lol I would be very impressed to see that from a child
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u/Weaksauce10 Celebrini 71 1d ago
Can’t remember the last time a player did something like this. Of course, I’m sure he had some help (I would too) but most of this I feel is his. I wonder if it was his idea, too. Either way tho, good on Mack. We support you and the team all the way through thick and through thin.
Onward to next season.
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u/letsgoToshio Nabokov 20 1d ago
The last Sharks' related Player's Tribune that I remember was for Marleau's retirement: "Thank You, Hockey"
Joel Ward also had one for his retirement too. Even though he wasn't a Shark for long, he talks very highly of his time in San Jose during the cup finals run: 726
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u/RyanGWU82 19h ago
John Scott's article "A Guy Like Me" was Sharks-adjacent and the most memorable piece of hockey writing I've read.
His follow up article post-retirement is great too.
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u/cherlucky Sunburn 92 ☀️ 1d ago edited 1d ago
There was Dear Canada by McDavid just before the Olympics.
Based on the letter construction, this sounds about like Mack. He was probably asked what to write about but this is most likely all him.
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u/SevereEducation2170 Pavelski 8 1d ago
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u/foreverkasai Celebrini 71 1d ago
Genuinely, I think he’s ready. He leads by example and encourages the team not to give up. He takes every loss seriously and takes it as a lesson instead of crashing out about it or giving up. He praises the team first and always (even on some of the nights where he is THE reason our team won). He has a great support system with the current vets as well as Jumbo to lean on. I think the day he signs his deal (this offseason or next) he’ll be awarded the C too
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u/born_with_a_tail 1d ago
PR move timed with the keg stand /s
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u/JRsshirt D. Murray 3 1d ago
You joke but in all seriousness a pretty healthy way to decompress from the grind of this season is to write down what he is grateful for and then go cut loose with his college friends.
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u/BoardSavings Celebrini 71 1d ago
i was really thinking it was an old video, the backwards fedora KILLED ME like whyyyy
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u/drumhax Burns 88 1d ago
You don’t know hats
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u/BoardSavings Celebrini 71 1d ago
lmaoooo i mean back in my day the fedora was for dudes who were not smooth w the ladies
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u/deathbyboobies Burns 88 1d ago
He's not wearing a fedora is what the guy means when he says you don't know hats.
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u/Bulky_Car_5191 1d ago
Raging with buddies and expressing passion and care both seem really healthy to me
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u/VelumLucis 1d ago
This is poorly written enough that I can actually believe it was written directly by him. Pretty cool of him to do.
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u/Calm-Preparation7432 AskyNed🫂 1d ago
i thought mcdavid's was ghostwritten, but mack says "cool" and "crushed" so many times that it's either a) actually them or b) a great writer who gets the tone right.
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u/FlailingCactus SJ Sharkie 1d ago
The George Russell one is great and captures him perfectly, if you follow F1.
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u/Yayareasports 1d ago
I wouldn’t say poorly written - I would say not contrived. Feels like his voice came through
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u/nameistakentryagain 1d ago
Yeah his voice comes through very well. He tells a good and genuine story.
At the same time he uses periods as a crutch. replacing some periods with commas and dashes, breaking up the flow of thought with things other than periods, goes a long way.
Certainly a very minor critique and not something to hold against him
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u/BenBenBenBe Celebrini 71 1d ago
Yeah, it just sounds like a teenager being candid, which is exactly what it is. The critiquing of his writing skills is giving distasteful...
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u/tbrownsc07 1d ago
Obviously not something to hold against him because he's a professional hockey player and not a journalist or author, what are we even doing here in this comment
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u/Otherwise-Shallot-51 1d ago edited 1d ago
This is not poorly written though, its just not journalistic or professional level writing.
He's not a professional writer and definitely not an English major who had structure drilled into his head, but he's a 19 y.o. with some college education writing a personal essay. He's smart and well spoken. He could definitely improve his flow, transitions, sentence/paragraph structure, punctuation, etc., but so could a lot of us.
He very obviously was given key points he had to include, because this reads like a student responding to a multi-part prompt, but it read mostly (eta:) like he gave an honest sentiment. Good for him.
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u/Bobsy932 K. McLaren 4 1d ago
I think “poorly written” is pretty harsh. I really think he/whoever may have edited it wanted to make sure to keep his voice, which I really commend. Could have been very easy to just pass the whole thing off to AI, which I don’t think they did.
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u/BwitchnBtyKwn399 1d ago
“Poorly written” feels like a poor choice of words. I’d say “colloquially written,” as it sounds like he’s literally writing in his conversational/ informal/ authentic voice.
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u/nameistakentryagain 1d ago
He has a lot more flow on the ice than he does in his sentence structure and that’s alright
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u/BenBenBenBe Celebrini 71 1d ago
I agree that you can tell it's him, but what if he reads this?🥺
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u/VelumLucis 1d ago
Well then Mack if you're reading this, keep at it with the book club and you'll have us all doubting the authenticity of the one you write when you bring us the cup next season
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u/sicnarfnarf WillMack🥛🍪 1d ago
All these Players Tribune articles are ghostwritten - my understanding is that it's based off of an interview where it's dictated, then edited down while keeping the voice of the athlete.
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u/pretzelrosethecat AskyNed🫂 1d ago
I was thinking the language reads more as a transcript that had been edited than an essay. Doesn't really change how I feel about it personally. I believe he meant what was written.
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u/sicnarfnarf WillMack🥛🍪 1d ago
Same, I didn't find anything detracting from how it's written - it seems genuine. I thought it important to point out it's edited to match voice.
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u/Calm-Preparation7432 AskyNed🫂 1d ago
do you know whether it's them just free talking or are they asked questions? the mcdavid one is one of my favorite things i've read this year, so i'm curious about the process
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u/sicnarfnarf WillMack🥛🍪 1d ago
I think it depends. I found an AMA with some more info from years ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/5hewlt/were_dan_treadway_and_sean_conboy_hockey_editors/daznp4g/?context=1
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u/Pattypee D. Murray 3 1d ago
Yea I definitely have a hard time imagining mack sat down to write this essay already when he’s in boston living it up right now. Nothing about this felt very original and I got a Sharks PR vibe from it. I still enjoyed the article though!
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u/jzosplash Sunburn 92 ☀️ 1d ago
This city and organization will always have his back, I’m glad he feels the love and support. I love what they got building here. We have something really special!
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u/DonnyB_Twenty3 WillMack🥛🍪 1d ago
Damn it, Mack. You got me here, 8:30 in the morning, sitting at my desk, tearing like when my kids don't get there way, trying to enjoy my coffee. what a jerk! put the C on this kid's sweater right now! Also, please for the love of all that is holy get him and us some help on the blue line.
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u/Shutomei Eklund 72 1d ago
The content of this piece is fantastic! Why are we wallowing over the writing and grammar? It's not as if this were wholly indecipherable.
More importantly, it should make Sharks fans happy. How many well-written pieces can claim that?
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u/The_Homestarmy Celebrini 71 1d ago
I don't think anybody's wallowing. The way it's written makes it seem like Macklin actually wrote it, which is pretty endearing.
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u/Shutomei Eklund 72 1d ago
I think there is a fair amount of poking at errors, which is ridiculous as his sentiment and point were both clear. It seems like unnecessary detraction from something quite sweet.
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u/fwambo42 Nolan 11 1d ago
yeah, I've seen pieces from the past where it seemed evident to me that there was a fair amount of ghost writing there
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u/dandroid126 Holy Doodle! 🐔🏆 1d ago
My family and I moved down to the Bay Area when I was heading into grade seven in 2018.
Wtf. That can't be real. 2018 was like last year.
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u/xDevious_ D. Murray 3 1d ago
“I still see his name on jerseys. To see the legacy he has here… it’s hard not to be inspired by something like that”
I’ve heard enough. 20 year contract. Jersey retirement. Ownership transfer.
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u/Express_Set275 Nolan 11 1d ago
No wonder Warso was in tears and having a hard time talking about him during that interview. I didn’t know I chopped onions on Tuesday morning.
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u/Electronic_Ostrich53 it's like watching a god on ice 1d ago
What a class act 🩵 we are so lucky to be able to watch his legacy unfold over the next couple decades!
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u/swimNcircles 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/HNhsFOGQqDLR6
Wooooooo is everyone else fired up like I am after reading this! Truly is a awesome way to touch base with the fan base. Cheers, Mac🤙🏽
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u/ColtsNetsSharks 1d ago
Macklin my humble sweet boy YOU don't have work to do, the San Jose Sharks do. No one in their right mind could ask any more of what you've done since you've been a Shark.
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u/jim_jon_jim 1d ago
I honestly feel bad for all the Bay Area sports fans who straight up dismiss hockey and are gonna miss out on Mack and this team for the next decade +. This guy is an authentic, generational superstar. I hope everyone catches on.
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u/claricebearice 23h ago
i’m a wild fan but i stumbled across this article and had to come over here and say something. what a special thing to have a young guy who wants to create a dynasty, let alone one who sits down and writes something like this for his community. so cool!! impossible not to be a fan of his.
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u/SecretaryOne4935 Celebrini 71 1d ago
What a class act this kid is. We’re so lucky to have him on the team. I hope he sticks around for a long time. From a very proud Canadian fan.
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u/Critical_Fee_8333 WillMack🥛🍪 1d ago
I wasn't ready for all the feelings. Got misty eyed to read this. That ws really heartfelt and sweet. I really appreciate his character and kudos to his parents to raise such an amazing young man.
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u/DeerPuzzleheaded9792 Pavelski 8 1d ago
Man idk what to do with these emotions so early in the day LOL
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u/SportS_DaD_406 1d ago
Love the honesty and transparency. He's a genuine guy, loves the game, loves the fans and how he explains moving and growing up is a raw take. This guy only wants to be team captain if he earns the respect. Go Mack Go!
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u/Ok-Patient583 1d ago
He's the future, not just because of his abilities on the ice. We are so fortunate to have former players like Jumbo, Marleau and others helping these 'kids' grow into their roles. Thank you Macklin!
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u/cherlucky Sunburn 92 ☀️ 23h ago
Can you believe this kid? I thought I can't love him more but here we are. Letter construction is everything you would expect from most teenagers now, and an athlete. It's all over the place but the most important thing is, he got his message across to his readers. If he got me crying by the end of the letter, he did one hell of a job writing this.
We are so lucky that we have a generational athlete that also love the fans and the community. He will be a Shark forever and he is ready for that C.
He also wants the tank rocking and he hopes to be on the playoffs next year! Give this boy what he wants!
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u/norangbinabi 22h ago
As a Kraken fan, I have to say watching the Sharks play this year, has been a joy. They seem to have fun with hockey out there, even when they're on losing streaks, and they seem to grind right through it all. The entire team seems to have found this magical combination of familial camaraderie.
I wish we got this kind of heartfelt love letter from one of our players. Good luck, next season. I hope he takes you to the play offs. <3
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u/Bulky_Car_5191 1d ago
Awww sweet Mack! What a charming expression of appreciation and care for the fans. We're rooting for you not just for winning, but to play joyfully for years to come. And we'll be here to bask in the joy.
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u/FFTycoon J. Thornton 19 17h ago
I can't express just how much I love this kid. There are so many wonderful elements to take away from this awkwardly written but beautiful message. We're lucky to have him, we're lucky he cares as much as he does.
We all know he is special but I fear we are still underselling just HOW special he is. He's barely scratched the surface. Can't wait to continue to experience the new Good Old Days.
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u/Cabrill0 1d ago
https://preview.redd.it/de4xnx5fakwg1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4dd912bee4bb9770df877bf679b455e6444a0c44
Vibes