Posting this on here instead of r/hockey which is in current insanity, but since I haven’t seen anyone talking about Trevor’s comments on the incident (maybe bc it’s behind a paywall?) but here it is:
([https://www.ocregister.com/2023/01/28/ducks-head-to-break-with-a-win-over-coyotes/](https://www.ocregister.com/2023/01/28/ducks-head-to-break-with-a-win-over-coyotes/))
“I’m not sure – it was pretty standard trash talk,” Zegras said. “If he wants to act like that, it’s totally fine.”
Said Eakins: “Have at it. This is a game, if you can throw the other team off-kilter, throw ‘em off. I said it to (Ducks assistant coach) Newell Brown on the bench: He (Zegras) is right in their head. They’re all messed up and they’re going to be even madder when he scores the winner.”
Obviously not an unbiased source but since no one from Arizona has said anything this is all we got. IMO the most likely thing is that Trevor said one thing and Stetcher saw Trevor pointing at the sky and interpreted it another. Mostly bc I find it hard to believe Trevor would even know that fact about Stetcher. But who knows? Just thought people might want to see his quote as the witchhunt rages on.
by dasher2442
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Lol I got perma banned already from r/hockey. I hate Reddit. Full of clowns lately.
“Buddy, you suck at hockey. You’ve been in the minors for how long and you’re still on the fourth line.” -Zegras, probably
He pointed at the sky because Arizona players aren’t used to seeing a stadium with an upper bowl
Doesn’t matter now unfortunately, the narrative is set and he really can’t change it unfortunately
I crossposted, apologies if that’s not what you wanted, but something needs to quell the stupid ass rumors.
With that said, I’m done with social media for the day, I’m going to bask in our victory last night and continue my NHL 2023 season at 40-0-0 on the Ducks.
Just let r/hockey and r/nhl go crazy with speculation on what was said everyone over there hates Zegras anyway as they have been bashing him since the beginning of the season — if what was said is that bad it will all come out eventually, in the meantime let’s just wait for confirmation and go from there. The one thing I will say is Zegras is 21 years old when I was 21, I myself said some pretty immature stuff too and I was not a professional athlete making $850,000 a year. Zegras will mature and calm down relatively quickly, I am sure Pat Verbeek might have already called him to get his side of the story.
Just a note about lip-reading. I work in the accessibility field. In addition to being disabled, I come across a lot of disabled folks, including those who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing.
I’ve been repeatedly told that lipreading is not even remotely close to an exact science.
In fact, without context, they find that lipreading has less than 50-50 accuracy. And a lot of what they “lipread” depends on context. This situation lacks context.
So if anyone on social media claims that they can “lipread” what was going on last night… that person is full of crap.
On top of that, it’s been pointed out that if Z really said what was alleged, the entire team would’ve gone after him for the rest of the game.
As a side note, I am a lifelong resident of Stetcher’s hometown of Richmond BC. He’s a local hero. However, the stuff about his father isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when people mention him. So it makes me highly suspicious that is where Z’s mind would go, especially since it happened before he entered the NHL.
A lot of the allegations just don’t add up, and just seems like another example of hockey social media running away with a conspiracy theory (which NEVER happens, right? /s).
That’s not to say Z didn’t cross the line. He might’ve, based on the reaction. But maybe not for the reasons people think.
Just remember to be civil on other subs or our mods will ban you from this sub
I came here to find out the truth and it seems to be “standard trash talk” per zegras’ standards.
“Dad watching”, “dog water”, “dick wagging” – whatever it was, no one thought, “Let’s just clear this up and ask Stetcher.”
Before the Reddit fans jump to conclusions. What if the Phoenix player said, “your mom sucks ***. I know her better than your father” See? That’s what we all don’t KNOW what started beforehand. That’s why Reddit wants talk their shit on Z without knowing the full story. Zegras is just a Corey Perry man. Stealing sticks and shit and will fuck with you.
Get use to it he’s in this league for a long while