He could totally see that, as ridiculous as it was. He’d probably give them all Ferraris or something,” Wyatt joked. “Don’t tell Roz because he’ll try to one-up me.

He knew exactly how much hospital visits from NHL players meant to the kids there, and he also knew how exciting it was to be gifted with anything that might pass the time when you were confined to a hospital bed. “They’d love that,” Harris said with certainty. Nothing against signed hockey pucks, but they aren’t a great read, y’know?” “I was thinking,” Wyatt said, “that I might buy a bunch of all-ages comics when we visit the children’s hospital and give them out. The videos were so popular that Harris created similar video series for some of the other players: Riding with Roz, where Harris-bravely-sat in the passenger seat of a luxury sports car that Ilya Rozanov drove, and BBQing with Bood, where Zane Boodram would show off his grill mastery, even in the dead of winter in Ottawa. It had been Harris’s idea, last season, to film little segments where Wyatt would talk about some of his favorite comic books. I’ve got an endless list of books to recommend.” Hey, we should do another edition of Hazy’s Heroes! It’s been a while since the last one.” So far he’d enjoyed everything Wyatt had given him, even if he always felt pressured to read the books quickly because Wyatt was keen to discuss them with him. “Oh, awesome!” Harris had mentioned to Wyatt once that he used to read comic books a lot, and Wyatt had been eagerly lending him books ever since. “This is that Thor comic I was telling you about, all collected into one book.

Wyatt Hayes was jogging toward him with a thick, colorful book in his hand. He was in the hallway outside the Ottawa locker room, posting some pregame tweets to the team’s account.

Role Model by Rachel Reid