Phil Kessel’s media tour adventure will brighten up your life (Video)

Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup champion Phil Kessel* is our sweet hockey prince, but even he would admit that social interaction isn’t exactly his forte.

Which is why this clip from the Penguins, chronicling Kessel’s journey through various social media and arena operations reindeer games, might be our favorite thing of the young season.

It’s your classic “fish out of water” story, if in fact the fish was Flounder from “The Little Mermaid” and he had the wickedest wrister in hockey.

Watch here and enjoy:

A few highlights:

– Phil Kessel’s accidental insulting of the Penguins’ social media team when he’s forced to spin the “Social Media Wheel” and says “this is the worst one, fer sure.”

– Phil breaking the fourth wall to tell us how much the cameraman is “lovin’ this.”

– Phil claiming he’s “a wonderful singer.” In his mind, it’s the most obvious lie ever. But we can’t help but wonder if there are some golden pipes hidden under that timid veneer, like that girl in “Pitch Perfect” who was the low-talker.

– Phil as photo editor, doing something we actually never thought he did based on all available photos of Phil: rejecting some.

– Phil realizing he’s going bald, and proclaiming that he “needs to get that fixed, that’s for sure.” (By the way: “That’s For Sure” joins “Shyeah, right?” and the nervous Phil laugh as essential facets of the Kessel impression.)

– Phil’s constant complaints about being sleepy, before admitting he needs a nap. We’re all Phil Kessel.

Never change, sir.

* Per President Obama

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Greg Wyshynski is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact him at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or find him on Twitter. His book, TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE PUCK, is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

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