This is random timing, but why not?

Over the summer, Andre Burakovsky and Evgeny Kuznetsov participated in the NHL Rookie Showcase. The Caps teammates signed autographs and took photos for their first NHL trading cards. We also noticed they held hands with other NHL rookies and figure skated for reasons that were never completely clear.

Almost nine months later, now we know: Upper Deck hired a semi-professional figure skater to teach the rookies some… uh… new moves.

Burakovsky and Kuznetsov are featured in the second video.

Video

And of course, here are the essential GIFs.

GIFs

This is ridiculous.

Thanks to @3pointbricks for sending us the video.