With all due respect to Grant, the gamble probably seemed safe at the time for the couple, until Grant did what he did Saturday night in St. Louis. "They're fully on board," Grant confirmed, "so it's pretty funny. We played hockey together growing up and stayed really close friends. His fiancée is great. She was a little skeptical about the whole thing, but she agreed to it, so I guess I'll take it."
Fans have been offering their suggestions after the story was uncovered on the postgame show on Fox Sports West by reporter Aly Lozoff. Among the proposals are (of course) Aly, Grant, Hattie, Trey, Tripp and even Teemu.
"There have been a few thrown out there," Grant said. "I've definitely got a little thinking to do, but I'll try to be pretty nice to them."
Grant is (sort of) used to scoring goals in bunches. He went his first 92 NHL games in Ottawa, Calgary, Buffalo (two stints), Nashville and Anaheim before scoring his first goal, which he finally did with two on October 20, 2017 vs. Montreal at Honda Center. He went on to score 12 in 66 games with the Ducks but was signed by Pittsburgh that offseason. Anaheim reacquired him in a trade back on January 17, and he signed a one-year contract with the team last June.
Saturday night was a breakthrough in which Grant scored a goal in all three periods. It started with a lucky break in the first when Blues goalie Jordan Binnington took a bad route back to the crease after playing the puck behind the net, and Grant was in the right place at the right time.