It actually is a little bit of a drag that NHL gamers received’t be heading to the Winter Olympics this season, however it has paved the best way for superior moments like this.
Underdogs who in any other case wouldn’t have a shot at making the staff will signify their nations later this winter in South Korea. And in a single such case on Monday, video captured the second Milwaukee Admirals winger Bobby Butler instructed his father his made the staff.
Get your tissues prepared.
TFW you inform your dad that you just’ve made the US Olympic Staff 🙌🏻#TeamUSA 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ASoOYYXS4Z
— Milwaukee Admirals (@mkeadmirals) January 1, 2018
Superior.
The 30-year-old at the moment is on a one-way contract within the AHL, which permits him to compete within the Olympics.
He has 130 NHL video games to his title however hasn’t skated in a single because the 2013-14 season. Because of this, Butler’s not too totally different from a lot of his now-teammates who both are locked into AHL contracts or enjoying abroad.