The 2016 Western Conference Final shows the sometimes-drastic gulf between the heavily bearded and the lightly bearded.
Brent Burns, Joe Thornton and the San Jose Sharks highlight the hairiest portion, while St. Louis Blues sniper Vladimir Tarasenko represents the other end of the spectrum.
(Bask in Burns’ bearded glory here.)
Tarasenko shows that facial hair isn’t the only measure of a man, as glorious as those Sharks look in their face-sweaters. Tarsenko has been an absolute beast at times during the 2016 postseason, and if that wasn’t enough, he even became a father.
The Blues said newborn Aleksandr Tarasenko shoots left like his dad. The team should go ahead and offer him a contract for 2034. #StlBlues
— Andrew Allsman (@allsmandrew) May 17, 2016
We kind of need to call him “Vlad the Dad” from now on, don’t we?