Anthony DiNozzo & Tim McGee
Colorado Avalanche center Matt Duchene should not be having to get physical with the likes of St. Louis Blues forward
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On our way to Abby’s lab, we encounter Tony and Tim bickering.
“Listen, McGinn, MacKinnon, MacLeod,” Tony teases, “It’s like in that movie ‘Youngblood.’ One of the most overlooked hockey movies ever, starring a young Patrick Swayze and an even younger Rob Lowe.”
McGee asks, “Besides being about hockey, what does ‘Youngblood’ have to do with the way the Avalanche are playing?”
“Remember that scene when Rob Lowe’s character Dean Youngblood is told he has to learn to fight if he wants to make it in professional hockey? And he says, ‘They’ll have to catch me to hit me!'”
So… the Avs need to fight more? What about Cody McLeod and his Highlander fists? Not to mention Gabe Landeskog and his captain fight. Jarome Iginla, John Mitchell…
“You’ve got your speedy players, Matt Duchene and Nathan MacKinnon. They can’t score if they’re getting checked in the kidneys every shift.”
McGee interrupts. “You want Duchene and MacKinnon to drop the gloves? They’re skill players, Tony.”
Well, yes, but they’re scrappy-
“No, McGoon, the speedy skill guys shouldn’t be dropping the gloves.” Tony says. “Youngblood had Patrick Swayze’s character Derek Sutton to protect him. Duchene and MacKinnon need their own Sutton.”
Indeed, Sidney Crosby has Robert Bortuzzo — there might be some validity to that argument.
At that point Tony starts talking about that silly “Mystery, Alaska” movie — as if a Saturday club hockey team could ever beat an NHL squad like the New York Rangers — so we decide to keep heading for Abby’s lab.