The players on the U.S. Olympic hockey teams don't deserve this.
Instead of simply being paraded in the Red, White and Blue, our two gold medal-winning hockey teams are being pilloried in the tiresome refrain of Red vs. Blue.
It needs to stop. Just celebrate these teams.
Team USA captain Auston Matthews shouldn't be returning to his NHL team in Toronto to questions about President Donald Trump’s geopolitical intentions related to Canada or columns questioning his loyalty to the Maple Leafs' playoff run, simply for going to the White House and his teammates attending the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C.
We should be celebrating the first Mexican-American to win an Olympic gold medal — against Canada, no less — not debating whether Maple Leafs fans will boo or cheer him in his first NHL game back.
