While he does credit the Canucks on some fronts, including Quinn Hughes and head coach Rick Tocchet, he then goes on a weird tangent about the team having too many Europeans on it. Many fans were quick to call him out for this blatant racism.
He is particularly under fire for the comment 'more Saskatchewan, less Stockholm.' This is the kind of thing one might have expected to hear in the 80s, not 2024. This just goes to show how far the culture of hockey has come, but also that some influential people in the sport are still stuck in the past, in a time that was less inclusive and ill-suited for today's values.
