The Anaheim Ducks shellacked the Washington Capitals 5-2 Sunday at Honda Center.
The third worst team in the Western Conference tried to take that beating to Twitter, targeting their disdain for Capitals enforcer Tom Wilson.
I’m not sure it landed.
For instance, in the final minute of the second period, Wilson took a goaltending interference penalty after getting shoved into Ryan Miller by Corey Perry.
The Ducks’ account tweeted this.
We regret to inform everyone that Tom Wilson is doing Tom Wilson things.
— Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) February 18, 2019
The replies were not pretty.
He was blatantly pushed into the goalie
— Marshall (@d0nc0smic) February 18, 2019
Well, he does have 15 goals in 38 games, so he’d be the leading goal scorer for the Ducks …
— David Brown (@davidb22307) February 18, 2019
Imagine tweeting something like this when you have Corey Perry on your roster…
— James T Paterson (@jtpaterson) February 18, 2019
— Ryan (@ryguy094) February 18, 2019
— Kyle (Cynical DC Sports Fan) (@Ghostbuster9000) February 18, 2019
Later, the Ducks got sassier. After Jakob Silfverberg scored to give the Ducks a three-goal lead, Nick Ritchie and Wilson were tossed from the game. The two pot stirrers had a disagreement after the drop of the puck. Ritchie would not let go of Wilson’s stick.
Here’s what the Ducks said.
Nick Ritchie and – wait, this must be wrong – Tom Wilson each receive 10-minute misconduct penalties at 15:01 of the third.
But we thought Wilson was a saint…
😏
— Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) February 18, 2019
This is more evidence that Wilson, after being suspended four times over the last two seasons, has a tattered reputation and is considered a pariah to pretty much every NHL fan outside of the DMV. Tom did not do anything particularly egregious on either play, yet the Ducks seized on Willy’s prior history to get a rise out of people.
Good times!
