Ice hockey isn’t that big in the UAE, but we’re starting to see why it’s so HUGE across The Pond in Canada and the U.S

Exhibit A: Pittsburgh Penguins’ Kris Letang. Oh, hi, Kris…

Exhibit B: Chicago Blackhawks’ Niklas Hjalmarsson. Check out those dimples!

Exhibit C: Florida Panthers’ Eric Gudbranson (Do you have a permit for those guns, sir?)

Bubbles

A photo posted by Erik Gudbranson (@guddy44) on Jan 24, 2015 at 12:22pm PST

Exhibit D: Columbus Blue Jackets’ Alex Wennberg. He’s nodding here, because he agrees he’s hot…

Exhibit E: Toronto Maple Leafs’ Jonathan Bernier pensively ponders his adorbs-ness

A photo posted by Jonathan Bernier (@jobernier45) on Jul 20, 2016 at 12:23pm PDT

Exhibit F: Colorado Avalanche’s Gabriel Landeskog. Is it hot in here, or is it him?

And the defence rests.