Man, I still remember when Evgeni Malkin visited fans to deliver season tickets three years ago. Or was it two? No matter. The image of him walking up to the front door of someone's house in his jersey, void of shoulder pads, a Penguins cap hanging down over his eyes and a boy-like giddiness to the event, finally knocking on the door and saying in broken English:
"Here are you Peezburgh Pinguins teekits."
We all know by now that he's come a long way since then, both as a hockey player and as a confident, well-spoken English speaker. Still fun to reminisce though.
Sidney Crosby and Marc-Andre Fleury continued the tradition in the most recent Penguins season ticket deliveries. Videos after the jump.