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American anthem booed in Ottawa: Brady Tkachuk could request a trade
Michaël Petit
American anthem booed in Ottawa: Brady Tkachuk could request a trade
Credit: This famous saga of the American national anthem being booed all over Canada continues to make headlines. Personally, I find it more redundant than anything else. I understand the principle, but come on, at some point, we’ve made our point, right? There’s another one who’s getting really tired of hearing the American national anthem being […]
This famous saga of the American national anthem being booed all over Canada continues to make headlines.

Personally, I find it more redundant than anything else. I understand the principle, but come on, at some point, we’ve made our point, right?

There’s another one who’s getting really tired of hearing the American national anthem being booed by Canadian fans.

It’s Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators.

We’ll say it, he who plays in Ottawa, he must be fed up. When you think about it, even if he plays at home, he feels the deep hatred of the Sens fans who boo at every game…

Last night, former NHL defenseman Ryan Whitney (who is American, by the way) posted a tweet with a video of the national anthem being booed in Ottawa and the camera pointed at Brady Tkachuk.

As Whitney said in his tweet, if the Senators fans continue like this, they might have to say goodbye to their captain soon.

On this subject, Kevin Dubé from the Journal de Montréal published an article about the unease felt by Tkachuk.

We know that the Tkachuk brothers don’t hide their pride for their native country (and it’s quite right to be proud of one’s country).

We remember that Matthew Tkachuk had commented after the game between the United States and Finland (where the American anthem had been booed) and he really didn’t like it.

And I understand them, because after all, it’s your fans who keep showing their discontent.

By the way, speaking of not stopping, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned the Americans in his latest speech:

“We’ll probably continue to boo your national anthem.” – Justin Trudeau

He also specified that Canadians are not booing Americans, but rather a policy:

“We’re not booing you. We’re not booing your teams. We’re not booing your players. We’re booing a policy that’s meant to hurt us. We’re insulted and angry, but we’re Canadians, which means we’ll stick together, and we’ll fight.” – Justin Trudeau

In short, all this doesn’t seem to be heading towards the end of this saga anytime soon.

We’ll probably hear more boos for a while longer…


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– Worth reading.

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