It’s a shitty situation and it’s annoying that Trump had to do what he does and cause this shit to blow up. And I would have hoped that the players could have reacted better in the moment, even if I think it’s just knee jerk awkward laughter that happened spontaneously when you’re amped up and having to listen to the equivalent of a terrible standup routine.

But the vast majority of people who are truly outraged about this never cared about hockey before and were never going to care about hockey long-term. I find it very hard to believe that many young girls starting to get into hockey have now chosen to not do that because of the men’s team laughing at the joke.