Back on Tuesday night's game between the Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights, Ryan Reaves was kicked out of the Stanley Cup rematch in the 2nd period after a blindside and late hit on Tom Wilson.
Following the game, Reaves told reporters that "He (Wilson) ran into a lion in the jungle."
The video of the hit was all over the internet on Tuesday, as well as photos of Reaves looking over at the injured Wilson as a referee escorted him to the dressing room.
Courtesy of Russian Machine Never Breaks, one Capitals fan found a photo of the picture above from a Las Vegas retailer that sells sports memorabilia, Inscriptagraphs, that included Reaves' autograph with the aforementioned quote.
According to RMNB, the photo was listed at a private event on Thursday, December 6th in Las Vegas. The link to the photo on their website is no longer active.
Reaves wasn't suspended for the hit while Wilson missed practice on Thursday and was ruled out of the Capitals game against the Coyotes with a concussion.
***Update***
As per the Washington Post, the photos Reaves signed were never actually distrubted and have since been destroyed at Reaves' request.
