Seravalli comes in hot with an all-time tone deaf season prediction

[Frank Drebin]

"Simply put, I should not have tied the two together. I am sorry and I promise to be better."

For anyone wondering why people thought this was in bad taste.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Thats how we all read it. Its not about how he said it. Hes saying that JG is goint to help the jackets win the lottery while in heaven. The comment is just in poor taste.

I missed the "a" the 1st time, so I thought he was saying since J.G is no help, CBJ will be picking 1st OA, reading it that way I was a little put off by that phrasing, then I saw the a and its tone deaf sure but not some appalling statement

 

[EpochLink]

Seravelli should invest in something he hasn’t in his life: Just For Men Hair Gel and Extra Strength Slim Fast.

f*** this guy, the only thing I’ll be surprised he does is a jumping jack.

Naw your just poor taste, be gone mofo.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

"Simply put, I should not have tied the two together. I am sorry and I promise to be better."

For anyone wondering why people thought this was in bad taste.

man they are going hard at him on X

 

[Dr Pepper]

I honestly struggle to understand how someone could interpret what he said as anything but the former here.

It just reeks of unnecessary pandering, I think.

Even in the article, the "thought" that preceded this one was to rename the Lady Byng trophy after the Gaudreau brothers.

 

[Frank Drebin]

man they are going hard at him on X

He rightfully is held to a high standard.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Seravelli should invest in something he hasn’t in his life: Just For Men Hair Gel and Extra Strength Slim Fast.

f*** this guy, the only thing I’ll be surprised he does is a jumping jack.



Naw your just poor taste, be gone mofo.

wow, chill out, it can't be good for you to get soo worked up over something relatively minor.

 

[Saga of the Elk]

Tasteless and unprofessional for sure, but not malicious... overall I think it was unnecessary to bring Gaudreau into this... and it was worded very poorly. I don't think he should be a writer.

Apart from Peter Gzowski and George Plimpton, who has ever written well about hockey?

The fact that people would take time to complain about this saddens me. Hockey is business and media companies require content. So Seravelli writes something that addresses the human side -- that it's going to be hard for Columbus to compete this season without one of their best players, who was an inspiration in his life as he may be in death. He dashes in a little optimism, and possibly a little of his own Judaeo-Christian belief in an afterlife and the blessings of fortune, and the response is ... frankly what I'd expect from these boards.

There's no right way to handle the devastating loss of a young man like #13, not to mention all the other facts surround it. So it should also be obvious that anything from ignoring it to hoping that Columbus can find a way to heal and move forward is ok. A sentiment like that, wishing for the spirit of a lost individual to be there in the locker room throughout the season, would have been utterly commonplace in the years before this morally backward era.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

He said sorry on twitter its ok

 

[Deadly Dogma]

He rightfully is held to a high standard.

I legit LOL'd don't forget he is in the media, I don't think the traditional standards apply anymore

 

[ffh]

What if calgary wins the lottery? What does that tell us.

 

[Knave]

It was deliberate and in poor taste. The apology is okay even with some of the excuse making.

It's wild to me how you write that and think "yeah, I'll submit that" and then someone supposedly reviewed it (probably didn't) and gave the go ahead to publish it.

 

[Seachd]

Very clear what he meant, but he biffed it hard on the wording, and probably just should have left the reference out altogether.

 

[Knave]

Apart from Peter Gzowski and George Plimpton, who has ever written well about hockey?

The fact that people would take time to complain about this saddens me. Hockey is business and media companies require content. So Seravelli writes something that addresses the human side -- that it's going to be hard for Columbus to compete this season without one of their best players, who was an inspiration in his life as he may be in death. He dashes in a little optimism, and possibly a little of his own Judaeo-Christian belief in an afterlife and the blessings of fortune, and the response is ... frankly what I'd expect from these boards.

There's no right way to handle the devastating loss of a young man like #13, not to mention all the other facts surround it. So it should also be obvious that anything from ignoring it to hoping that Columbus can find a way to heal and move forward is ok. A sentiment like that, wishing for the spirit of a lost individual to be there in the locker room throughout the season, would have been utterly commonplace in the years before this morally backward era.

I'm not sure there was ever a time where "thanks for dying bro, lol, helping us get that #1 overall" was socially or morally acceptable.

 

[Viqsi]

He said sorry on twitter its ok

He also changed the article one more time to just remove the connection entirely.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

What an asshat.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

What if calgary wins the lottery? What does that tell us.

or the Devils win the cup and somehow the lottery

I'm not sure there was ever a time where "thanks for dying bro, lol, helping us get that #1 overall" was socially or morally acceptable.

I am picturing someone in the Sens staff reading this then throwing out the draft of their thanks for dying card to Melnyk lol

 

[Knave]

I am picturing someone in the Sens staff reading this then throwing out the draft of their thanks for dying card to Melnyk lol

I understand wanting to reference it. It's a tragic loss and it's going to have an impact on the Columbus.

But the way Serevalli wrote it even with that dude's charitable interpretation is: "Gaudreau will be there with the team in spirit....... as they get caved in every single night to win the draft lottery"

... what is heart warming or a blessing or a blessed fortune about that?

Generally speaking when someone is with you in spirit - you overcome the odds and do something great. And Seravalli is implying the opposite which is why he apologized.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

One of the more tone deaf things I've seen in print. I find it mind boggling no one screened that before it went out.

 

[robertmac43]

Obviously he meant in his first sentence that Gaudreau in heaven will help give the Jackets some luck. That's how I read it the first time, seems rather obvious. I'm surprised people are misreading this.

The in heaven part was an edit he later added. It started as "With a little help from Guadreau...."

 

[Deadly Dogma]

I understand wanting to reference it. It's a tragic loss and it's going to have an impact on the Columbus.

But the way Serevalli wrote it even with that dude's charitable interpretation is: "Gaudreau will be there with the team in spirit....... as they get caved in every single night to win the draft lottery"

... what is heart warming or a blessing or a blessed fortune about that?

Generally speaking when someone is with you in spirit - you overcome the odds and do something great. And Seravalli is implying the opposite which is why he apologized.

I do agree with you, he attached JG to the season when he should have phrased it so that JG was only attached to the lottery itself, if even referenced him at all.
I find it poorly phrased and if he phrased it properly like how I think he meant, it isn't bad.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

He also changed the article one more time to just remove the connection entirely.

The multiple edits before just pulling it and the time it took him to apologize tells me that he was probably the one fighting behind the scenes to keep it in there. Tweaks didn't suffice so they just cut it.

I can certainly give the benefit of the doubt he was well intentioned, but they should have immediately took the L and moved on rather than spending time futzing with it, which is in and of itself, an admission that they screwed up in the first place.

Well intentioned as it may have been it just comes across as crass and cheap. Shouldn't have gotten past an editor.

 

[MXD]

Ample reasons to dislike the loser but this is a bit of reach, its pretty clear what he was trying to say he just worded it rather poorly.

... That's called "Failing at his job".

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

I'm not offended by the comment, I'm just flabbergasted that someone getting paid as much as he does to do that job would write something like that and think 'yeah this is good stuff.' Christ, isn't there a single good writer left in the Anglosphere, or are boomers on ChatGPT now, too?

Great news for whoever signs his paychecks, they now have a very easy excuse to dump him.

 

[Szechwan]

This guy is a huge dumbass, no clue why he has such prominent standing