Over the last fortnight, the biggest story in hockey has surrounded a non-hockey player. It got a lot of lawlz on Twitter when Jalen Ramsey of the Jacksonville Jaguars, whilst bragging about his competitive-ness and his athletic prowess, said he’d be able to “crack the NHL,” in an ESPN feature.
“Aside from baseball, which he says he lacks the coordination for, he’s excelled at every sport he’s ever tried. He picked up lacrosse for a season and, once he figured out how to handle the stick, ran circles around the competition. (“There’s not a lot of black people who do it,” he says, smiling.