The Defending Goal (For Puck’s Sake #8)

The Defending Goal (For Puck’s Sake #8)

Author: Crea Reitan Listening Length: 7h 55m

Not only the net should be protected. Felton I’m a disappointment, a failure, a shit show. Every decision is wrong. None of my accomplishments are good enough. I don’t do anything right. This is what I’ve been told my entire life. For more than thirty years, no one knew. What the world sees is a lie. I do a good job...

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I think about Felton a lot after I leave his house. While I’ve never made it a habit of watching Felton, not more so than I watch the rest of my teammates, I have always noted that there are days when he comes to work stressed. Burdened.

It’s easy to write off those moments as being part of the job. To some degree, we all feel like the game can be determined by any single one of us. If I just did that better. If I didn’t lose the puck. If my shot was just an inch higher, I’d have made that goal. If I hadn’t been stuck against the board with that player, I’d have been able to help defend the goal.