We've been kind of waiting for this day.
Most of us understand Joe Hicketts. He's listed as 5'8", an inch shorter than the average American man and 7 inches taller than the average NHL commissioner.
If he was chubby, balding, a little drunk and believes his new GM should be fired? Shit. He'd be one of the 19.
Tonight he makes his NHL debut in New Jersey and his mere presence says a lot about the team, but his presence also says a lot about this kid and the kind of heart it takes to reach that level at that size, with those obstacles.
So we dig us some Hicketts, and I think all of us have since he entered the Wings system in (insert date here).
Moving into the second half of a season that will inevitably end in mediocrity where it began, and leading up to a draft that is lukewarm like the last one, with a pick sure to be in the 8 to 11 range, again, a night like tonight means something.
Good for the little guy.
It's a Live Blog, bitches.
LGRW and FKHASAP.
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