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

[Svechhammer]

To be fair, he did update it. Though, its really not much better, just tacking on 'in heaven' after Gaudreau.

Honestly surprised that made it past the editor's desk.

Here's the article, in case you hate yourself enough to read it: 32 Bold Predictions: Oilers will finally end Canada’s Stanley Cup drought

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[Satan]

Lifetime ban

 

[Viqsi]

It's a shitty prediction in any case. We won't get a damned thing. We've been here several times before and we've never gotten anything from it other than hurt.

 

[Letsdothis]

WTF? How does anyone come up with a comment like that let alone let it through a major publication.

 

[Mr Kot]

 

[yukoner88]

WTF? How does anyone come up with a comment like that let alone let it through a major publication.

Sports journalists are f***ing idiots, and the hockey media tends to be the cream that rises to the top of that heap.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

How do you type that sentence, say "looks good" and publish it?

 

[Fantomas]

Shocked TSN didn't want him

 

[robertmac43]

Why go there at all? This is a terrible look from him.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Frank just wanted to be the main character again today, I think.

Hope he likes all that extra attention he's getting as a result.

 

[BUCKLE UP]

I don't like commenting on the main boards, but that legit made me gasp. What a f***ing moron.

 

[Antropovsky]

With a little help?

Yikes...

 

[Turin]

Stupid, and I can’t stand Frank, but he meant more like the spirit of Gaudreau would help them win the lottery finally. Not really worth getting offended over

 

[VeteranPresence]

I am not even sure what that's supposed to mean? What an embarrassing thing to write in any case.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Incredibly tacky.

 

[tarheelhockey]

WTF? How does anyone come up with a comment like that let alone let it through a major publication.

My guess is he was thinking like a sportswriter, that it would be a great story for the Jackets to win the lottery. And then his tiny little brain took that to Gaudreau helping them from the spirit realm, and then he messed it up even worse with the awkward phrasing.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Does this idiot have his own thread tag yet?

 

[Score08]

Proves that there are morons in every profession.

 

[WarriorofTime]

I am not even sure what that's supposed to mean?

He's saying that Gaudreau will help them in the ping pong lotto draw, like "destiny was on their side", "someone up there was looking out for them" kinda thing, when you get a lucky break.

What I don't think he meant is "because their leading scorer from the last two seasons passed away, they will be the worst team"

 

[BlueDream]

I don’t like Seravalli at all so I don’t care to defend him.

But it’s clear people are misunderstanding what he’s saying. He meant that Gaudreau is going to be looking down from heaven and spiritually influence the lottery. That’s different from “this team will be terrible thanks to this guy dying.”

It’s not that big of a deal.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

I understand what he's trying to say, but absolutely brutal phrasing.

 

[Mr Kot]

Stupid, and I can’t stand Frank, but he meant more like the spirit of Gaudreau would help them win the lottery finally. Not really worth getting offended over

I think that's how it's supposed to read, but the way it's phrased, it could be misconstrued as his death being helpful to the team for a draft pick. It's still tone deaf regardless.

 

[Svechhammer]

I don’t like Seravalli at all so I don’t care to defend him.

But it’s clear people are misunderstanding what he’s saying. He meant that Gaudreau is going to be looking down from heaven and spiritually influence the lottery. That’s different from “this team will be terrible thanks to this guy dying.”

It’s not that big of a deal.

I know what he meant to say

He still shouldn't have said it. And certainly shouldn't have published it.

 

[VanillaCoke]

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.

 

[leafsfan5]

that is horrific phrasing