And that evening, Wayne Gretzky was the honorary captain for Canada… which did not exactly receive unanimous approval due to his ties with Donald Trump, who would like to see him become the governor of a potential 51st state.
We also remember that before the game, he gave a “thumbs up” to the American team, but not to the Canadian team. That also sparked a reaction.
So, for a week now, Gretzky has been the target of a ton of negative comments in the country… and according to his wife Janet’s words, it’s affecting the Great One:
It has “broken his heart” to read and see the mean comments about him. – Janet Gretzky
Janet Gretzky says it has “broken (Wayne’s) heart” to read and see the mean comments about him and he would “do anything to make Canadians proud.” pic.twitter.com/jBcYJFPJvk
— Adam Laskaris (@adam_la2karis) February 27, 2025
It was through her Instagram account that Janet Gretzky, in response to Bobby Orr’s comments (who also thinks #99 is too criticized), defended her husband. According to her, no one is more proud to be Canadian than Gretzky, and she claims that he would do anything to make Canadians proud.
But visibly, it doesn’t seem to be a huge success since last week.
We also recall that last night, Donald Trump defended Gretzky via his TruthSocial account… reminding everyone that Gretzky is his friend, which explains why he’s staying quiet about the 51st state issue.
We’ll see how it all evolves, but #99 seems to be well aware of the comments he’s received over the past week. And visibly, he seems to be quite affected by them.
In a nutshell
– Sean Monahan will be featured in the new season of the Prime Video series on the NHL.
Heart and soul. Honoured to tell Sean Monahan’s story in Season 2 of @primevideo’s FACEOFF: Inside the NHL. pic.twitter.com/iFwuwL47fb
— Sports on Prime Canada (@SportsOnPrimeCA) February 28, 2025
– The Schenn brothers have both reached the 1000-game milestone in their NHL careers.
Congratulations to Brayden and Luke Schenn on becoming the first pair of brothers in #NHL history to both hit the 1,000 game milestone in the same season.
Brayden crosses the 1,000 mark tonight in Washington. pic.twitter.com/kINqwfQP6e
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) February 28, 2025
– I love it.
Well that’s one way to go no bucket in warmups
pic.com/xv3HiiiXzK— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 27, 2025
