GLIZZIN' STEW

Glizzin' Stew does not arrive hot. He arrives low, slow, and fully prepared to outlast whatever the other team is bringing. Hunter Stewart's game was reportedly built over a long offseason of watching game tape the way other people watch a crockpot — patiently, without rushing anything, confident the flavor develops on its own schedule. By the third period, when everyone else's legs have started filing complaints, Glizzin' Stew is somehow just getting to temperature. The Glizzies were skeptical of a forecheck that takes its time, right up until the moment it started working. Now they just let him simmer and wait for the shift to pay off.