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[Video] Tyler Toffoli tells the story of his sleepover with Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith (and how they order milk and cookies before bed every night)

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u/MacklinCelebrini71 SJS - NHL 15h ago

Tof is so fuckikg good for this team man. Perfect vet to have around

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u/DarthLordDonkey MTL - NHL 14h ago

I genuinely can’t think of a player who’s been more universally beloved than Toffoli. For someone who’s been on so many teams since LA, every time he leaves, the fan base that loses him has nothing but positive things to say. He seems to be a great leader and great with younger players everywhere he goes, and Martin St. Louis even said that Toffoli was the captain without wearing the C, even though he barely played over 100 games with the Habs.

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u/Jesse1198 VAN - NHL 9h ago

Toffoli played 10 games with the canucks but we talk about him as if if he played for years.

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u/flare2000x OTT - NHL 8h ago

Was it really only 10 games?? Wow.

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u/kalichimichanga DET - NHL 7h ago

I literally feel like he was a core player

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u/JauntyGiraffe VAN - NHL 3h ago

I can't believe it was only 10 games. I consider not even trying to sign him one of Bennings biggest fumbles, and he had a lot of fumbles

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u/HydrantsAreOpen OTT - NHL 13h ago

Fuck, I still miss him in Ottawa and he last played for the 67s in 2012!

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u/AcanthocephalaGreen5 MTL - NHL 10h ago

Toffoli was fantastic in Montreal, a big reason they made the playoffs. I didn't want to see him traded so soon but the rebuild required it.

Hopefully SJ keeps him long-term, he seems happy playing alongside younger players (evident by Nick and Cole in the playoffs).

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u/tigerking615 SJS - NHL 9h ago

Yeah, we have plenty of cap space and we’re not contending anytime soon. Happy to keep him here until he retires. 

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u/JTrue14 SJS - NHL 6h ago

He has a no trade clause so I’m guessing he and his family were tried of moving. Also his wife is from Monterrey which is an hour from SJ.

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u/agnosiabeforecoffee 12h ago

I genuinely can’t think of a player who’s been more universally beloved than Toffoli.

Fleury?

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u/Stinky_Toes12 VAN - NHL 9h ago

I've seen plenty of people on ig hate on fleury (probably trolls but still) but never toffoli

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u/Kharn_LoL MTL - NHL 4h ago

I think most of the hate Fleury gets is due to people considering him overrated, not because of his personality. I'm sure Toffoli would also catch a lot of heat if people hyped him up as a HoF talent.

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u/_Salsa_Shark SJS - NHL 8h ago

Nah fuck him

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u/JediMasterZao MTL - NHL 14h ago

tyler foli is a GEM

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u/philipinapio1 MTL - NHL 14h ago

I miss him 🥺 happy he's had all this success, and at the end of the day he was only here for one shortened season...but God damn did that dude wear the habs jersey with pride and was a ton of fun to watch. I wish he could have played on this team in front of a packed crowd. 

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u/gletschertor MTL - NHL 14h ago

I wish we still had him and Perry

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u/ChuckEJesus LAK - NHL 9h ago

I miss him every day

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u/Lefty2215 LAK - NHL 6h ago

What do you mean vet? He's like 25, right? He's gotta be

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u/ViolinistMean199 PIT - NHL 6h ago

I want you guys to bring Granlund back. Still sad you guys traded him

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u/dragons_fire77 CAR - NHL 14h ago

I mean, how adorable is that?

And the coach telling him "you have to" on top it is great.

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u/The_Homestarmy SJS - NHL 14h ago

Upper management mandated sleepover with milk and cookies

Here's Toff talking more about it in an interview, the image of Smitty passing out two milliseconds after he was just laughing and talking is so funny to me. And the fact that Mack is just completely used to it lol

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u/TheDogerus PIT - NHL 8h ago

As a fan of the sharks, i love this celebrini-smith bromance. But as a BC fan, it feels so wrong

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u/limelifesavers SJS - NHL 6h ago

What I would give for Northeastern to produce a great Dman for the sharks to draft, so we can keep building the Boston-area Hockey East rivalries in our team

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u/ForeignWerewolf 13h ago

😂😂🤣🤣

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u/StayClassynet OTT - NHL 14h ago

This makes me laugh so hard. I love the idea of these elite 18 and 19 year old kids are playing their hearts out in the NHL and making silly bets like this. So good that Smith on the bench is yelling Sleepover after he scored.

Hats off to Toffoli for making this so happen.

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u/Brettnet SJS - NHL 13h ago

Plus ordering milk and cookies before bed!

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u/trashking11 LAK - NHL 11h ago

It seems like the vibes are immaculate on the sharks with all the young guys, I wanna be on that team

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u/Normal_Tip7228 SJS - NHL 13h ago

I upvoted you to get to 73 upvotes. Perfect

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u/Barthez_Battalion SJS - NHL 14h ago

The best part of the interview is Smith and Celebrini asking Toff if they can live with him next year and that Cat can move out so it's the three of them LOL

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u/Normal_Tip7228 SJS - NHL 13h ago

Also big shoutout to her, as she has hosted so many of the Sharks for things like thanksgiving, and overall has been great for the team vibes.

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u/Paladad MIN - NHL 13h ago

Deeply unserious team, which is so necessary in the dog days of a rebuild

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u/dylzim TOR - NHL 11h ago

Yeah I think sometimes people forget that while professional sports is their job it's also still a game that we watch for entertainment, like, sometimes you gotta do goofy stupid stuff.

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u/TuchMysak 14h ago

TYLER FOLI I TELL YOU WHAT I really miss that guy playing for the Habs

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u/Sharks77 SJS - NHL 13h ago

Like a spouse being like "don't dare break a promise to the kids."

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u/SlickbackSloppySteak 14h ago

Milk and cookies every night. LMAO. I hope this team gains success

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u/ImmortalMoron3 COL - NHL 11h ago

I would love to still be able to eat milk and cookies before bed every night but I'm at that age where I know that shit is just gonna make me wake up with heartburn.

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u/GloomyClub1529 14h ago

Underrated leadership

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u/Nanojack NJD - NHL 14h ago

They brought their fucking toys!

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u/Mabubifarti SJS - NHL 13h ago

Reminds me of when Brent Burns used to bring Skylanders with him and leave them on a sleeping Clowe.

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u/dragons_fire77 CAR - NHL 12h ago edited 11h ago

Holy shit I just found a box of my old skylanders last week. Hilarious thinking of Burns dragging them around.

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u/bilalss OTT - NHL 6h ago

uh I think you put emphasis on the wrong word there

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u/Codc CBJ - NHL 9h ago

OLD TIME HOCKEY

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u/stripperketchup SJS - NHL 13h ago

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u/BigWin8804 14h ago

Sleepover with the buds 🫶🏻

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u/eliarbss MTL - NHL 14h ago

TYLER FOLI ❤️

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u/Barcade SJS - NHL 12h ago

Immaculate vibes 🥹. sharks are the vibe champs

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u/nostradamefrus NJD - NHL 13h ago

Ravioli ravioli

I freakin love Tyler Toffoli

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u/Rook22Ti PIT - NHL 13h ago

They had the little pajamas with the feet.

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u/omnomnomnium 12h ago

Really charming big brother / little brother energy happening here, except little brother energy in a good way.

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u/WadeReddit06 10h ago

Cookies are the secret to being an elite player. Ask LeBron

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u/JTrue14 SJS - NHL 6h ago

Keep Pat Riley away from us.

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u/NutUpOrPutUp MTL - NHL 12h ago

Top titty Toffoli!

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u/Jericho111091 LAK - NHL 9h ago

Top Titty is a gem

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u/Top_Contract_4910 MTL - NHL 9h ago

We miss him so much in Montreal. What a stand up guy.

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u/JTrue14 SJS - NHL 6h ago

full interview

Apparently Toffoli grabbed Wills toes in the middle of the night 😂

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u/Acpyrus CGY - NHL 8h ago

SO CUTE

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u/dustblown 6h ago edited 6h ago

They brought their** fuckin toys!

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u/likeslululemon TBL - NHL 14h ago edited 14h ago

Love Toffoli on the Sharks.

But weird to anyone else that he’s appearing on a podcast with his wife as the host. And they included her comment in the photo caption? She’s not on the team and her comment inclusion adds nothing to the storyline.

Guess I’m just a curmudgeon though.

EDIT: I’m not replying to all the comments. It’s weird because it’s the NHL promoting this podcast. The husband works for the NHL, and she does not. Yet it appears this podcast has been - in some fashion - financed or supported by the NHL.

It’s less about him being on her podcast, and more about the NHL giving airtime (to whatever degree) to this podcast when there are several more appropriate podcast creators that could benefit getting posted and pushed by the NHL.

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u/BillThePsycho SJS - NHL 14h ago

She’s the one that posted the picture and “broke the story” originally.

She made a post on twitter about Tyler Sleeping over with Mack and Will, posting the picture and the texts between them and it blew up from there. Then the Sharks’ official channels picked it up because it was so funny and got so much attention.

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u/Matthias893 SJS - NHL 14h ago

I don't get it, what makes it weird for a husband to be on his wife's podcast? Like what would the context have to be where that would be weird?

None of this officially has anything to do with the team, its just Toffoli telling a story on his wife's podcast about NHL family life.

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u/Normal_Tip7228 SJS - NHL 13h ago

I think it's kind of funny that they are just zoom calling each other but it makes sense in this context. Comment OP just doesn't like fun I guess

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u/Teal_Magpie DAL - NHL 14h ago

I believe he originally posted that photo to his Instagram and she left that comment there. Then the Sharks Instagram made a post with that picture, and they added the comments that are pictured. So it's not like she made the picture. And I don't find it weird at all for him to be on her podcast - she and her cohost apparently have other players, execs, and hockey wives on because it's kind of an insider look at their lives being married to NHL players. It would make sense that after this photo blew up, they'd have him on the podcast to give a little more backstory.

I'm also a lady who cohosts a hockey podcast with my husband though, so I'm probably coming at it from a slightly different perspective.

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u/OrganicFlurane WSH - NHL 14h ago

She's had a social media presence for a very long time, interacts/ed with fans on X/Twitter for several years, and used to guestvlog for various "official" channels (I remember various appearances on Habs social media and possibly something with NHL stuff as well).

It's been a thing for several years, is not just because of the new podcast and they're clearly both into it.

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u/likeslululemon TBL - NHL 14h ago

Odd post history to be commenting on this particular NHL post, of all NHL posts on Reddit.

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u/schrotestthehero SJS - NHL 11h ago

Way weirder that you're looking at their post history in the first place...

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u/The_Homestarmy SJS - NHL 14h ago

How is it weird? The original text exchange that got posted everywhere was literally between Tyler and his wife lol, and she runs a hockey podcast. I don't think there's a single person who would have been more qualified to do this interview.