Zach Hyman Puts Joel Embiid To Shame, Comes Back Into Game After Getting His Face Shattered To Pieces By Slap Shot
Zach Hyman ended up getting completely smoked in the face by an Evan Bouchard slap shot last night. We're talking about getting hit in the face by a puck made from vulcanized rubber at a speed probably around 95 mph. Directly to the face. No padding, no nothing. Just a face shattered into a million little pieces.
I don't think anybody could blame Zach Hyman if he ended up being done for the night. They were already halfway through the game. Hyman already had 2 goals on the night. His job was done.
When you think about a guy like Joel Embiid--getting hit in the face this hard would likely result in him missing the next 4 months. Anytime anyone touches his face, he's at least out for a few weeks. This is a man who makes $51 million to play basketball per year, and he'll sit out multiple weeks because he has a scratch on his face.
Zach Hyman's contract is worth $5.5M per year. Now to be fair, that amount of money is like a rounding error to the Hyman family. But you figure if Joel Embiid makes about 10 times as much as Hyman per year, that Joel Embiid would show 10 times as much heart. Turns out that couldn't be further from the truth, because it's Zach Hyman who came back into the game after getting a few repairs.
I mean holy fuck. Blood all over the jersey. His nose looking like he just swapped faces with Paul Bissonnette. There's a good chance this is the face of a man who is about to be on a liquid diet for the next few weeks with his jaw wired shut.
But that's not going to stop Zach Hyman from getting back into the game. Because as long as his head is still attached to his shoulders, he's getting back out there. Strap a bubble onto his helmet, shove a few cotton swabs up the nose, and get back out there with the fellas. That's a warrior.
Meanwhile, Embiid hasn't played since taking a forearm to the face the other night.
Buddy. Rub some dirt on it, put a fishbowl on, and get your ass back out there.
With that being said, I'm sure that spending an entire childhood growing up with the last name "Hyman" has forced Zach Hyman to build a certain level of strength that Joel Embiid couldn't even dream of possessing. But either way.