TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 20: John Carlson #4 and Ryan McDonagh #27 of Team USA look on while playing Team Canada during the World Cup of Hockey at the Air Canada Center on September 20, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. Canada won the game 4-2. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Team USA is upset over Phil Kessel’s tweet

Team USA is justifiably upset after a performance that was less than stellar. Putting the icing on top of the cake is the tweet that came courtesy of Team USA snub, Phil Kessel. Rubbing salt in the wound though may not have been the best idea for players he will be facing off against later this year. 

[link_box id=”22277″ site_id=”17″ layout=”link-box-third” alignment=”alignright”]Here’s Kessel’s original comment:

The comment is hilarious but it is obviously not pointed at the players themselves. It is more of a jab at the management. That point aside, it isn’t stopping players from speaking out.

Parise has a point as Kessel wouldn’t be playing anyway even if he was selected.

Backes is the one taking it way, way, way too seriously. Finally, a hockey player opens up and people are upset about it. They shouldn’t be upset at all as the real onus should be on their performance. Deflecting towards someone else is an easy way to avoid criticism. True leadership comes from owning up to your mistakes and improving from them.

They can’t do that now or any time soon since they were eliminated.

If Team USA put as much focus on their selection process and strategies on the ice as they have to the comments made on Twitter, maybe they wouldn’t have been booted in the group stage.

About Sam Blazer

Sam is a self proclaimed chess prodigy. He once placed seventh in the state of Ohio in Chess when he was in kindergarten. He will rarely if ever mention though that only eight people were entered in this tournament. Contact him at sblaze17@gmail.com

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