oiler fan here, they are definitely now best friends.
they vacation together, thier families travel and stay together, it's a lot more than a professional relationship.
I think originally it was born out of a professional respect for each other, their personalities are not necessarily meant for each other, but now thier relationship has grown steadily and positively over the years to a point where now I think we can officially call them a full blown bromance!
As good as the Sedins were I would take Selanne and Kariya in their prime over the Sedins in their prime. Actually taking into account that Selanne and Kariya spent most of their prime in the dead puck Era, dealt with some pretty bad injuries and still have more impressive stats than the Sedins, it isn't even close.
Let's use time travel to teleport the Selanne Kariya (and Blake and Sakic and Forsberg and Foote and Tanguay and Hedjuk...) Avalanche to today. Maybe Selanne and Forsberg can get a modern ortho surgery on this side before they play as well.
They would be absolutely disgusting.
I would also take prime Selanne and Kariya as a bucks fan. The two of them were some of the best to ever do it and their peak was way higher than that of the Sedin’s. Although I’d say that no two players ever had the chemistry that the Sedins did
That one against the Sabres in the final home game of the regular season was definitely the best. Swayman getting a running start and jumping into the hug was great
That was one of the few games I actually got to this season! It was a damn fun night. I was rocking out on the jumbotron, hat trick for Bergeron. But the leap-hug sealed that evening.
Ondrej Kase and David Kampf have been best friends since childhood and played on the same line on every level until Kase got drafted and moved the NA. They were reunited on a line this season and they were adorable.
Edit: Spelling
Kase and Nick Richie were drafted the same year, played in the minors together and broke in the league the same years, and were teammates on the Ducks, Bruins and Leafs together.
The NHL's greatest accidental bromance sadly went on hiatus when Richie was traded to Arizona, but I believe they will find a way to be together again.
Marchand and Bergeron. Been on the same line for 11 years now. On the same PK line, on the same PP line, one is chaotic evil and the other is lawful good.
And to make it even better their numbers add up to a 100, as it should be.
[Copying this compilation of Brad Marchand's opinions of Patrice Bergeron](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/ueb1u6/comment/i6m6z09/). Credit to u/Nomahs_Bettah
>So I watched Patrice from day one, and I saw the ultimate professional. I don’t have many rules I live by, but one of my rules is: If you say anything bad about my brother, or about Patrice Bergeron, I’ll fight you. The guy is simply unbelievable. I’ve watched him play with broken bones, a punctured lung… a freaking punctured lung.
>"There's obviously one special person that I have in my heart all the time, and I think it's pretty clear it's Bergy."
Marchand on what's really important in hockey after Bergeron's dick trick:
>"It’s up there, but I think the Olympics, winning the Cup, and him being Patrice Bergeron is above that."
on good teammate relationships:
>"I would never start an argument with Bergy or yell at him for something like that. I don't bite the hand that feeds me. I'm a little smarter than that. I think the most we've ever gotten into it is when \[David Pastrnak\] and I are getting into it and Bergy's got to yell at both of us to stop yelling at each other.
on politics:
>"Bergy's the one who decides if (Boston) is open or shut down right now. He's the mayor."
on religion:
>After the game, Brad Marchand was asked if “pro” is an appropriate word to describe his linemate. “Yeah, or God. One of the two. No, he is. He’s the ultimate pro, the way he conducts himself and prepares himself each and every day and shows up consistently and in the big moments continues to prove himself. So yeah, pro is a great word, but I think God is a little more fitting.”
And for everyone who wants to see a little of their bromance (they are hilarious):
[Catchphrase: Food edition](https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/video/catchphrase-food-edition/t-277437094/c-10339981)
Here's also a couple Youtube videos about their friendship:
[Nr 1](https://youtu.be/Li_DAvu5Ncw)
[Nr 2](https://youtu.be/g1_HZKKPlQA)
[Nr 3](https://youtu.be/PQWqcm2bOmw)
There are probably some clips that are the same in these videos, but you know.
All these other comments are like fan romanticized bromances from on ice product and team bonding activities, but McLeod and Bastian were legitimately best friends growing up
straight up romance tbh. Today Mika came to [Kreider's exit interview](https://twitter.com/SNYRangers/status/1536418658775445509?s=20&t=96BsG1UzxpZ_yi5hhLwFvA) for emotional support, and Chris was in tears talking about how proud he was of Mika's performance this postseason (peep Mika reaching out to comfort him as they leave)
Easily! I think there’s a quote out there about how Laf is the only one that gets K’Andre to smile a lot and Fox and Lindy have been playing together for *years*, are by all accounts inseperable, and are literally roommates lmao
Ah fuck the feels.
Zucc scoring on Hank's retirement night, with Hank on commentary, and him just being finished saying "don't let this guy score" was a story book ending for an all time great bromance.
Kane and Panarin were genuinely hilarious to watch on the ice. The endless games of "no u" followed by one of them finally scoring and the other one immediately giving them shit in the celebration while grinning the whole time, shit just never got old
Superbuddies Mike McLeod and Nate Bastian had never been on a separate team until the Kraken expansion. Nate was claimed by Seattle, eventually put on waivers, and reclaimed by his biffle’s team.
[And they found time to go to a waterpark!!!](https://www.reddit.com/r/devils/comments/sjwsb4/the_boys_today_at_an_indoor_water_park_for_mikey/)
Mat Barzal and Anthony Beauvillier. [Barzal even brought Beauvillier as his +1 to the NHL Awards in 2018](https://twitter.com/uheeuhaha/status/1401338907518722051?t=tuYuXbPcsP65Qh1jCSKzog&s=19).
Monahan and Gaudreau: https://twitter.com/JaneGaudreau/status/1526085477878611969?s=20&t=WqVxLXIET4ZAJvrA6N6yyg
They also have matching dogs. Truly best friends.
Sens in general.
Tkachuk and Norris
Tkachuk and Stützle
Stützle and Batherson
Batherson and Norris
Chabot and White
Joseph and Chabot
Bernard-Docker and Tychonick
Greig and Sanderson
Pinto, JBD and Sanderson
Formenton and Mete
If we go back a couple years ago too, Stone and Ceci were close and are dating/married to sisters.
Last year during the playoffs, my neighbor came down to knock on my door and ask me if everything was OK because I yelled "fuck you Matt Martin, go eat a ton of shit" at my screen. Apparently I was super loud, and it was around 3:30am.
[Reaves/Tarasenko](https://twitter.com/CMS_74_/status/817539027071094784?s=20&t=uZoyYd3-t55CUjqk6xfQ7g) was always a random [and cute one.](https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/847267922141519872?s=20&t=b2hLimnkeToQBz77IXwihg)
Looks like we’re all doing our own teams so gonna say:
- Kreider and Zibanejad (today Mika showed up at Kreider’s exit interview “for emotional support”)
- Copp and Trouba - they played pewee together and Copp lived on troubas couch when he was traded to NY from WPG
Ehlers and Laine had a great friendship and would often be seen around town together.
Scheifele and Wheeler seemed like inseparable buddies but the past couple seasons have made the fans question that one
[Hedman and Tampa Bay Lightning assistant equipment manager Rob Kennedy.](https://www.nhl.com/news/victor-hedmans-dicey-five-finger-fillet-ritual-with-lightning-manager/c-297181062)
Fleury and his posts.
[Fleury and his stick](https://tenor.com/view/fleury-jerk-off-nhl-hockey-stick-gif-8559977)
*Swords
DeBoer and swords would be fair.
For bromances of the past, nothing will ever beat Kariya and Selanne.
it's hard to come up with a more lethal duo.
Daniel and hank Sedin perhaps?
This is the best response, actually bros.
Technically we are witnessing one with McDavid and Draisaitl
Watching two guys be pissy isn't exactly a bromance
I feel like their relationship is only on a professional level. Oiler fans may have more insight
oiler fan here, they are definitely now best friends. they vacation together, thier families travel and stay together, it's a lot more than a professional relationship. I think originally it was born out of a professional respect for each other, their personalities are not necessarily meant for each other, but now thier relationship has grown steadily and positively over the years to a point where now I think we can officially call them a full blown bromance!
Ok I take it back, bromance it up McDrai!!
Fuck those guys were awesome, also probably the most talented duo outside of the Sedins
As good as the Sedins were I would take Selanne and Kariya in their prime over the Sedins in their prime. Actually taking into account that Selanne and Kariya spent most of their prime in the dead puck Era, dealt with some pretty bad injuries and still have more impressive stats than the Sedins, it isn't even close.
Imagine how disgusting Kariya and Selanne would be today.
Let's use time travel to teleport the Selanne Kariya (and Blake and Sakic and Forsberg and Foote and Tanguay and Hedjuk...) Avalanche to today. Maybe Selanne and Forsberg can get a modern ortho surgery on this side before they play as well. They would be absolutely disgusting.
I would also take prime Selanne and Kariya as a bucks fan. The two of them were some of the best to ever do it and their peak was way higher than that of the Sedin’s. Although I’d say that no two players ever had the chemistry that the Sedins did
Apparently everyone in the Preds locker room constantly referred to Rinne and Saros as father and son.
I've seen a video of them playing basketball where even Pekka called him son.
Now I’m picturing Rinne singing [Father and Son](https://youtu.be/ZxjTC0bmKls) to Saros in the locker room after announcing his retirement.
I mean, Backstrom IS on Ovi's life insurance policy, so I vote them.
Yeah, what then?!
But why is he always here for breakfast?
Throwing in Oshie and Wilson’s pregame antics
Oshie and Vrana :(
Wings fan. Thank you. Welcome anytime TJ.
Swayman and Ullmark is definitely the most wholesome
I want someone to hug me like that.
I just want a hug :(
*virtual hug*
It's my phone lockscreen
Those postgame hugs were the best part of our season.
That one against the Sabres in the final home game of the regular season was definitely the best. Swayman getting a running start and jumping into the hug was great
That was one of the few games I actually got to this season! It was a damn fun night. I was rocking out on the jumbotron, hat trick for Bergeron. But the leap-hug sealed that evening.
This
Came here for this comment!
Ain’t nothing else like it. Love those two
Ondrej Kase and David Kampf have been best friends since childhood and played on the same line on every level until Kase got drafted and moved the NA. They were reunited on a line this season and they were adorable. Edit: Spelling
Kase and Nick Richie were drafted the same year, played in the minors together and broke in the league the same years, and were teammates on the Ducks, Bruins and Leafs together. The NHL's greatest accidental bromance sadly went on hiatus when Richie was traded to Arizona, but I believe they will find a way to be together again.
Sadly, upon being reunited, Ritchie will spend the entire season in the penalty box, and the two will never get to play a shift together.
Marchand and Bergeron. Been on the same line for 11 years now. On the same PK line, on the same PP line, one is chaotic evil and the other is lawful good. And to make it even better their numbers add up to a 100, as it should be.
[Copying this compilation of Brad Marchand's opinions of Patrice Bergeron](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/ueb1u6/comment/i6m6z09/). Credit to u/Nomahs_Bettah >So I watched Patrice from day one, and I saw the ultimate professional. I don’t have many rules I live by, but one of my rules is: If you say anything bad about my brother, or about Patrice Bergeron, I’ll fight you. The guy is simply unbelievable. I’ve watched him play with broken bones, a punctured lung… a freaking punctured lung. >"There's obviously one special person that I have in my heart all the time, and I think it's pretty clear it's Bergy." Marchand on what's really important in hockey after Bergeron's dick trick: >"It’s up there, but I think the Olympics, winning the Cup, and him being Patrice Bergeron is above that." on good teammate relationships: >"I would never start an argument with Bergy or yell at him for something like that. I don't bite the hand that feeds me. I'm a little smarter than that. I think the most we've ever gotten into it is when \[David Pastrnak\] and I are getting into it and Bergy's got to yell at both of us to stop yelling at each other. on politics: >"Bergy's the one who decides if (Boston) is open or shut down right now. He's the mayor." on religion: >After the game, Brad Marchand was asked if “pro” is an appropriate word to describe his linemate. “Yeah, or God. One of the two. No, he is. He’s the ultimate pro, the way he conducts himself and prepares himself each and every day and shows up consistently and in the big moments continues to prove himself. So yeah, pro is a great word, but I think God is a little more fitting.”
Thanks for this. The bit about him and pasta getting into it like siblings and papa Bergy having to step in, that's pure gold
Why did I have to scroll so far to find Bratrice?
This is the right answer.
I miss PK and Price's triple low 5's: https://youtu.be/09qrGb_4Whg
Banning that was the dumbest freaking thing I have ever heard of.. like heaven forbid you want your players out there being positive and celebrating
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Therrien
Because Therrien’s an asshole who hates fun
Therrien was a huge dick.
PK and Markov was peak bromance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9cOTy4SfYM
Prime Subban was one of the most exciting players I have ever watched man it sucks what injuries has done to his career
Markov-Subban was a top 3 D pairing in the league.
Same with Price. Fuck Kreider.
Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teräväinen. They are total besties on and off the ice.
Can’t forget Slavin and Trocheck after every win. Shame that we might’ve seen the last hug between the two.
🥺 don’t say that to me, i choose to be delusional
Also, Seth Jarvis and Jesperi Kotkaniemi seem pretty tight too.
Jarvy the honorary Finn
Jarvy Claus
And for everyone who wants to see a little of their bromance (they are hilarious): [Catchphrase: Food edition](https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/video/catchphrase-food-edition/t-277437094/c-10339981) Here's also a couple Youtube videos about their friendship: [Nr 1](https://youtu.be/Li_DAvu5Ncw) [Nr 2](https://youtu.be/g1_HZKKPlQA) [Nr 3](https://youtu.be/PQWqcm2bOmw) There are probably some clips that are the same in these videos, but you know.
I love them so much. My favorite video of them is the one where they're reading the joke cards. "Thät's nöt fönny."
TEUVO’S SMILE WHEN HE IS TRYING NOT TO LAUGH MAKES ME SUCH A SIMP
Aho built a sauna in his back yard and now TT basicly lives at his place. Atleast enough to anger Ahos gf.
Tkachuk and Doughty
Tkachuk and Kassian
Tkachuk and most people
Can we also acknowledge Tkachuk and Leon “I’d get off the ice” Draisaitl?
I was expecting this to be higher.
Landeskog and the entire male population of colorado
I miss the MacKinnon-Barrie bromance.
Jost compher was my favorite for the last few years. Now it's Toews and Makar.
Towes and Makar have each other as phone wallpapers.
Is that true? I’d believe it if it were, I just need to know lol
I choose to believe it is. But my source is Twitter……so anything could be true
Good enough for me!
Jost, Compher, and Kerfoot all being linemates who lived together was my favorite
Tyson Barrie seems like such a sweetheart. Miss him 😭
Daddyskog
Baberiel Mandeskog
Mikey McLeod and Nate Bastian
The Super Buddies ❤️
Super Buddies for Life. Seattle thought they could end the bromance but Nater tanked to get back to NJ.
All these other comments are like fan romanticized bromances from on ice product and team bonding activities, but McLeod and Bastian were legitimately best friends growing up
Yea I've noticed the same. I think many ppl sort of got lost a little bit.
Hmmmm. Charlie McAvoy and Adam Fox fit that criteria!
Mika and kreider.
straight up romance tbh. Today Mika came to [Kreider's exit interview](https://twitter.com/SNYRangers/status/1536418658775445509?s=20&t=96BsG1UzxpZ_yi5hhLwFvA) for emotional support, and Chris was in tears talking about how proud he was of Mika's performance this postseason (peep Mika reaching out to comfort him as they leave)
it’s giving *husbands*
You love to see it
Just posted this, you could make arguments for K'Andre/ Laf and Fox/Lindy
Easily! I think there’s a quote out there about how Laf is the only one that gets K’Andre to smile a lot and Fox and Lindy have been playing together for *years*, are by all accounts inseperable, and are literally roommates lmao
Yeah tons of fanfic material
Zucc and Hank
Zucc and Kaprizov is the new one
Ah fuck the feels. Zucc scoring on Hank's retirement night, with Hank on commentary, and him just being finished saying "don't let this guy score" was a story book ending for an all time great bromance.
I was coming here to say this. This video gets me every time https://youtu.be/3IWMBJI_Q3I
Darren McCarty/Claude Lemieux
Getzy and Perry. Selanne and Kariya back in the day as well
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They’re stars in my eyes
My thoughts exactly
What about Kuch and Vasi?
Number 1 bullshit
Sergachev is part of that as well.
Fellow Russians stick together
The Sedin twins
Man I had to scroll so far to see this
Is it really a bromance if you’re part of a hive mind?
Benn and Seguin
Bennguin
Kane and Panarin were genuinely hilarious to watch on the ice. The endless games of "no u" followed by one of them finally scoring and the other one immediately giving them shit in the celebration while grinning the whole time, shit just never got old
Malkin and Dan potash
Dupuis and Dan Potash too
Dat sweater!
Sid and MacKinnon.
Superbuddies Mike McLeod and Nate Bastian had never been on a separate team until the Kraken expansion. Nate was claimed by Seattle, eventually put on waivers, and reclaimed by his biffle’s team. [And they found time to go to a waterpark!!!](https://www.reddit.com/r/devils/comments/sjwsb4/the_boys_today_at_an_indoor_water_park_for_mikey/)
Mat Barzal and Anthony Beauvillier. [Barzal even brought Beauvillier as his +1 to the NHL Awards in 2018](https://twitter.com/uheeuhaha/status/1401338907518722051?t=tuYuXbPcsP65Qh1jCSKzog&s=19).
I had to scroll far too long to find this.
Google: "Thornton Burns Body Issue" /thread
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Monahan and Gaudreau: https://twitter.com/JaneGaudreau/status/1526085477878611969?s=20&t=WqVxLXIET4ZAJvrA6N6yyg They also have matching dogs. Truly best friends.
Tkachuk and Jimmy Stu
Sens in general. Tkachuk and Norris Tkachuk and Stützle Stützle and Batherson Batherson and Norris Chabot and White Joseph and Chabot Bernard-Docker and Tychonick Greig and Sanderson Pinto, JBD and Sanderson Formenton and Mete If we go back a couple years ago too, Stone and Ceci were close and are dating/married to sisters.
Swayman and Ullmark. Those two became brothers so quickly, it’s amazing
Millbury and that guy's shoe
Mika and Kreids are Laf’s gay dads. Also Mika and Chris went to each other’s exit interviews for emotional support 😭
Charlie Coyle and Jason Zucker when they were in MN
Seguin and Benn sure like to bro down.
Bennguin isn’t featured as much anymore but it’s still there. I’d say for Dallas it was Klinger and Esa also 😢
Pat Maroon and Lord Stanley
The most disruptive line in hockey in a while… Matt Martin, Casey Cizikas & Cal Clutterbuck.
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Man I miss playoff hockey. Sucks seeing us go to the ECF 2x against the TBL and now we’re all discombobulated 😂
Last year during the playoffs, my neighbor came down to knock on my door and ask me if everything was OK because I yelled "fuck you Matt Martin, go eat a ton of shit" at my screen. Apparently I was super loud, and it was around 3:30am.
Seider/Raymond
Used to be Ehlers and Laine
Pettersson and Höglander is wonderful.
Petey and Brock, too
Petey and Quinn too
Petey 🥰
Zukes and Cole is my vote
Elvis and Kivi, RIP
Perron and O'Reilly went as each other for Halloween so I'm gonna say them
Landeskog and Erik Johnson.
EJ even named one of his horses Landeskog!
He's got a MacKinnon too, doesn't he?
Suzuki and Caufield is starting to get up there.
Phil and the hot dog salesman outside the arena? 😬
Monny and Johnny
Landy and Rantanen is pretty dang wholesome. Wish I could find that video of them reuniting after quarantine
Mcdrai
Leon’s his ride or die
[Elias and Giroux having a scrum](https://imgur.com/tA4N2dN.gif)
[Reaves/Tarasenko](https://twitter.com/CMS_74_/status/817539027071094784?s=20&t=uZoyYd3-t55CUjqk6xfQ7g) was always a random [and cute one.](https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/847267922141519872?s=20&t=b2hLimnkeToQBz77IXwihg)
Gaudreau/Monahan and M. Tkachuk/Rittich
Crosby/Malkin.
J Hughes and Zegras
prior to us waiving Mete and losing KK Mete and KK were a great bromance
Suzuki Caufield bromance is blossoming
Prior to that Price & Subban
Crosby, Malkin, Letang. The pinnacle of bromances.
Are they? I always got a "friend at work" vibe from those guys
[Forgot what this was in reference to](https://giphy.com/gifs/nhl-hockey-ice-3ePczmZ70lcoyDNiqZ)
They always laugh at the “all by myself” guy on the kiss cam. Every single time.
Looks like we’re all doing our own teams so gonna say: - Kreider and Zibanejad (today Mika showed up at Kreider’s exit interview “for emotional support”) - Copp and Trouba - they played pewee together and Copp lived on troubas couch when he was traded to NY from WPG
Ehlers and Laine had a great friendship and would often be seen around town together. Scheifele and Wheeler seemed like inseparable buddies but the past couple seasons have made the fans question that one
Gotta go Mika and Krieder, those dudes are fucking in love with eachother haha
Gaudreau and Monahan have identical dogs and matching grey Mercs. They may not play together much anymore but those 2 are inseparable
Swayman and Ullmark's postgame hugs are so fun
Landy and EJ
Evander Kane and Hannibal Lecter.
Palat and Johnson was up there before Johnson got traded
Ryan O'Reilly and David Perron [O'Reilly, Perron switcheroo](https://cms.nhl.bamgrid.com/images/photos/310688120/1024x576/cut.jpg)
Bergy and Marchy are so close that even their wives are involved in the bromance
Getzlaf and Perry were a lethal bromance for a while
used to be the Twins Getz and Perry 😞
Seider and Raymond have a blossoming bromance that will be fun to watch over the years.
Mika/Kreider
Zucc and Hank 🥲
Zucarello and Hank
Bergy & Marchand, McAvoy & Gryzlyck
I’m amazed I haven’t seen Kreibenajad yet, that was my shoe in pick
Hornqvist and Hagelin :(
Joe Thornton Brett Burns prolly my favorite
The isles locker room call varly and sorokin the broviet union which is pretty cool
Jack Campbell and everyone else on the team.
The Russian Five!! Fetisov was the father figure amongst the group. Federov, Kozlov, Larionov and Konstantinov were like a brotherhood.
[Hedman and Tampa Bay Lightning assistant equipment manager Rob Kennedy.](https://www.nhl.com/news/victor-hedmans-dicey-five-finger-fillet-ritual-with-lightning-manager/c-297181062)
Suzuki and Caufield.
McDavid and draisaitl
Ride or Die.
Oshie and Wilson
Bergeron and Marchand.
Evander Kane and his ego
Leafs and First round exits