Balloon animals are cool and all, but balloon, life-size hockey players are way cooler.

A Nashville man by the name of 'Sam the Balloon Man' has made one of the coolest balloon creations to help cheer on the hometown Predators.

Sam sells his balloon creations at the flea market at the Nashville Fairgrounds, and has been doing it for around 14 years now. This particular creation took roughly 500 very sturdy balloons, and eight hours of work, but the Pekka Rinne balloon man was well worth it.

Check it out below:

Predators fans have been going above and beyond this Stanley Cup playoffs, and this Rinne masterpiece is the icing on the cake!

Keep it going, Nashville. The entire hockey world loves every second of the support you're giving your team.

(H/T WKRN.com)