At last year’s Carolina Hurricanes 2014 Casino Night, people bid on auction items that for some reason weren’t redeemed until this year. I don’t know why. But it seems to have been worth the wait.
Video: Cooking with the Canes
I do what with my hand?
We didn’t bid to win a cooking class with Foxy Friday alum Elias Lindholm and Intern Jeff Skinner, but let’s be clear: making us lunch every day is now one of Intern Jeff’s job duties. And we’re not talking mac & cheese (or KD as you Canadians call it). We want something with components and condiments and at least one vegetable.
The instructions are simple:
Yes, chef.
Foxy Fridays are sous chefs only. Jeff didn’t win Top Intern: Masters to watch some hack steal his rightful place. Watch over the competition with hawk eyes.
Working up to his Gordon Ramsay voice.
Say “eh?” as often as possible and don’t you dare burn our dessert.
BAM!
Be appropriately self-depreciating so no one expects you to cook every day. But we still do.
Maybe one of those “America’s Worst Cooks” shows next time.
Somehow, Intern Jeff Skinner is still only 22. That should give us pause since he’s been working here for a decade, but eh -it’s not like we pay him, right? Maybe we keep him around to convince ourselves we never age either, like the witch in Tangled. He’s our Mandy Moore.
We check our reflections in the Calder Trophy.
We haven’t heard from Intern Jeff in a while, and not because he’s been unpacking boxes at my new house. The Canes are having a… rough season, to say the least. With just 16 wins, they are last in the Metro, second-to-last in the East and 27th overall. Intern Jeff has 10G + 9A. That puts him a few points shy of his 2011-12 pace; a serious sophomore slump after his fantastic rookie year because everyone figured out how good he was.
I won’t post graphics of standings or stats – no one wants to see that. Instead, here’s a a happy photo, and hoping the Canes can get a little something going in the second half.
November 2014. I hope he slid down the pole after.