Bryan Hayes

I mean, I think, again, his approach with, like, he was frustrated that people keep asking him would indicate, I think the read from a lot of Ottawa fans was, okay, leave him alone.

He loves it here.

You know what I mean?

Like, I think that's what makes this more...

scathing in a way is is that it also wasn't like reported openly leading up to it hey like there were no breadcrumbs be prepared for this right i think he might be leaving like hellebuck no one in winnipeg will be shocked if he gets traded tonight well now because of his comments it's out there season but also it's being reported hellebuck people are calling on hellebuck maybe like a change that that didn't it didn't get to that point with kachuk no right again i think within the league

There were people that thought, okay, this might be something you want to be prepared for.

100%.

I will say this, though, and it was the same thing with Matthews here.

True.

But Canadians were not going to cheer because the Americans won.

That is absurd for any American player to think, why aren't you giving me a standing ovation?

They beat Canada.

I get it.

It was beyond that.

It was more about going to the White House.

Let's call it what it was.

A lot of Canadians took issue with the White House, with all of that, the State of the Union.

And I agree.

Listen, they're Americans.

That's the reality.