Player's Tribune - Bryan Bickell - "Grinder"

[Gaskal]

Great article up on PT. Opens up about what it means to be a 4th liner with MS.

This one early passage really stood out to me, because whenever I do badly in something I'm really into I ask myself the same question. (I ask myself quite a lot playing drop-in on EASHL.)


"Grinder" - Bryan Bickell

We knew what we had to do, and we knew how to do it. Everyone was eager to get back to Chicago and force a Game 7.

Everyone except me.

I sat at my locker with my gear on and my head down, asking myself the same question I’d been asking after every single game for the past two months:

Why do I suck?

It’s a question we all have to ask ourselves sometimes. Sucking is a part of life. Like, no matter how good you actually are at whatever sport, there’s someone out there who is ready to tell you that you suck at it.

I definitely heard it in Anaheim.

“You suck, Bickell!”

[Mass_nerder]

That really drives home the fact that these are just normal guys, for me. It's sometimes tough to remember when you see them on tv playing.
I catch myself asking that question all the time.

[ComixZone]

%^*# multiple sclerosis.

[Huntingwhale]

Holy ####, that was a great read. I remember hearing about his diagnosis. But actually getting to learn about the struggles he faced in his own words...pretty powerful stuff. As always with these articles, a fantastic read.

That shootout goal video was very cool to watch. Glad he got to go out on his own terms, have the career he did, and was able to make enough money to support his family.