Yeah, writing about Zach Parise getting cuddled and not thinking about his poor foot will not make his foot better or the Wild stop losing or anything, it just means that I'm thinking about the fact that he's hurt, instead of a world where he's a spy or whatever.
James Sheppard was a first round draft pick for the Wild. They rushed him into the NHL, and then he really struggled for a bunch of seasons, and looked like a total bust. Then he got hurt over the summer, and busted his knee really bad, and lost a whole season, and before he returned the Wild traded him to the Sharks, and he still wasn't hurt, and spent more time recovering. The first time he played in two years was in the AHL during the lockout, then he wound up with the Sharks once the NHL season started, in a fourth line role. Basically he was this really talented youngster who was put in a situation where he wasn't able to succeed, and he struggled, but he had a really positive outlook through all of it, and Russo blogged about how accountable for his mistakes he was, and he just really wanted to play hockey! And then he got hurt, and missed so much time, but he never gave up! He's playing hockey, in the NHL, in a totally different role than he thought he'd wind up in, but he managed!
And that's a super lovely story, and it doesn't need a romance subplot or anything, and I think that trying to write it would make me really emotional. Watching the clip of the first time he talked to the press after messing up his knee legit made me tear up. (it was like two in the morning, but still, very many emotions).
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Date: 2013-12-29 10:11 pm (UTC)James Sheppard was a first round draft pick for the Wild. They rushed him into the NHL, and then he really struggled for a bunch of seasons, and looked like a total bust. Then he got hurt over the summer, and busted his knee really bad, and lost a whole season, and before he returned the Wild traded him to the Sharks, and he still wasn't hurt, and spent more time recovering. The first time he played in two years was in the AHL during the lockout, then he wound up with the Sharks once the NHL season started, in a fourth line role. Basically he was this really talented youngster who was put in a situation where he wasn't able to succeed, and he struggled, but he had a really positive outlook through all of it, and Russo blogged about how accountable for his mistakes he was, and he just really wanted to play hockey! And then he got hurt, and missed so much time, but he never gave up! He's playing hockey, in the NHL, in a totally different role than he thought he'd wind up in, but he managed!
And that's a super lovely story, and it doesn't need a romance subplot or anything, and I think that trying to write it would make me really emotional. Watching the clip of the first time he talked to the press after messing up his knee legit made me tear up. (it was like two in the morning, but still, very many emotions).