Ilya Bryzgalov Would Like You To Know That He's No Longer Afraid Of Bears

The last time Ilya Bryzgalov tweeted was 100 days ago, before he turned his season around from borderline disaster to setting the Flyers’ all-time shutout streak record.

We figured we probably wouldn’t hear from him again – at least on the interwebtuals – until after the playoffs, whenever that may be for the Flyers (so, June…).

We were wrong. 

Bryz, who is smarter than he looks and deceptively self-aware, fired out a link to this picture Saturday night, a direct reference to his comment about only being afraid of bears who reside in the forest: 

Now how can you be afraid of that? The answer is you can’t. Not when the Flyers are up 2-0 and a bunch of Pittsburgh folks are stuck with life-sized bear costumes to find a use for. 

Ladies and gentlemen, your new victory .GIF. Thrust away, little guy. Thrust away.

H/T to the several folks who alerted us to Bryz's Tweet