Artturi Lappalainen is the kind of guy who does not particularly enjoy being made to be a face of the franchise, that kind of thing just isn't his main jig. When General Manager Joe gives him a call to do an event, usually he ends up doing it just out of respect for good ol' GM Joe, but he wouldn't actively offer himself in place of another teammate for an event. This summer, however, was Artturi's planned prime vacation: he was going around the world, and he definitely didn't want to be interrupted by any pesky general managers or social media moguls asking him to do photo ops for their publicity stunts. Sudden call from GM Joe regarding a media event happening back in New Orleans? Sorry, he's actually skydiving into the Pacific Ocean with a bunch of scuba gear to then go diving right now (how did he pick up the phone if he's skydiving? well, you see, it's actually really easy to do that...) Need to get on a podcast? Sorry, his microphone's broken (how is he talking on the phone then? oh, he's using a buddy's...)

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