The Wingmen podcast account, run by Matthew Tkachuk and Brady Tkachuk, marked Veterans Day on Wednesday with eight words and a set of photographs.
“Shoutout to the veterans who make moments like this possible,” they wrote.
The moments in question were the brothers and their teammates celebrating Olympic gold in Milan.
A lot of people did not care for the combination.
“Happy Veterans Day, here are some pictures of us,” one wrote, summarizing the objection neatly.
“If there’s one day you don’t have to make about yourself, this is probably it,” said another.
“What a disrespectful post on Veterans Day. This ain’t about y’all,” a third added, while somebody else went further: “Yes, that’s it, veterans fought so little rich kids could play hockey.”
Team USA in Milan:
| Gold medal game | Brady’s points | Matthew’s assists | Previous men’s gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-1 over Canada in OT | 5 | 6 | 1980 |
Why do people criticize the Tkachuk brothers?
February is where most of it starts. The brothers beat Canada in the Olympic final, Matthew has twice knocked Edmonton out of the Stanley Cup Final, and Brady forced his way out of Ottawa in the summer to join his brother in Florida, which produced three periods of booing when he went back last month.
Their father Keith Tkachuk was booed at his own Hall of Fame game presentation in Toronto on Sunday, which had nothing to do with anything he did.
The Washington trip after the Olympics drew its own criticism, with the squad visiting the White House and attending the State of the Union address.
The complaint is simple enough. Every photograph in the tribute is of the people who posted it.
Florida visit Chicago on Friday.
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