The dictionary defines SWAGGER as:
swag•ger
1.to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
2. to boast or brag noisily.
3. to bring, drive, force, etc., by blustering.
4. swaggering manner, conduct, or walk; ostentatious display of arrogance and conceit.
We in the hockey realm have taken the definition of Swagger and formed our own word; “SWAGG”.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Best SWAGG in the NHL?
Who has the best SWAGG in the NHL? To me this question is easy, but remember this is only my opinion. Alexei Kovalev has the BEST SWAGG in the NHL, in my opinion. The man rocks some sick flow, tongues out, and his overall dress game is just downright dirty. I mean the man is rocking RBK 9K (white) skates with a flop that makes you stop and stare. I can remember seeing Kovalev when he used to wear the old Graf Greaty Whites, but when RBK unleashed their version of a white skate Kovalev took the reins and began wearing them with some swagger. The addition of the RBK white 9K’s to his dress game added a little hop to his step, not to mention they have been getting looks all over the league and he has found some followers who have also begun wearing the RBK white 9K’s. Although Kovi’s SWAGG is unreal, second place to me has to go to the Boston Bruin’s prolific playmaker Marc Savard. Savard’s gear, though undoubtedly changing game by game, carries some serious SWAGG. Savard always keeps his gear crisp, flowing nicely head to toe. Savard has caught some heat from hockey lovers for his ever changing gear, but in my opinion the man is keeping it real and wears whatever he feels most attributes to his SWAGG. Wear whatever you want to wear Savi, as long as you keep up the production and lead the Bruins to the promise land we will back you up when people try and trash your SWAGG.
My name is Rob, I am a 22 year old student at the University of Rhode Island. I come from a suburb just north of Boston, about 10 minutes outside of the city. I have been playing hockey since I was two years old, it is the thing I love to do the most in the world. Every since I can remember I have been fascinated with everything about hockey, and I mean everything. Beginning at a very young age I became obsessed with the look of my hockey “dress game”. My older cousin told me when I was younger, “look good, feel good, wheel good.” Now at that time I didn’t really know what he was talking about, but all I heard was you needed to look good, so I mimicked all the pro’s gear and especially the gear my cousin was wearing.
I follow the NHL and collegiate ranks respectively, and I am a HUGE Boston Bruins fan. My father has had season tickets to the Bruins since I was five years old. Some of my best memories were at the old Boston Garden, especially when the Bruins faced off against the Canadians. Now I know that the new Garden has nothing on the old Boston Garden, but the 2008-2009 Bruins are making a push to bring hockey fever back to a city who hasn’t had much to cheer about (hockey wise) in a long time. The days of Neely and Bourque have passed, but a new era of Chara, Savard, Kessel, and Krejci has been ushered in. Watching hockey is my passion, and critiquing a player’s SWAGG has almost become nature to me.
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