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Retired NHL defenseman Marc Methot by no means got here near changing into a family identify, however he nonetheless had a reasonably respectable profession that spanned 13 seasons. In consequence, I can’t assist however respect the petty transfer he pulled after certainly one of his son’s schoolmates determined to name him “trash.”
Very like the one that graduates final of their class in medical college nonetheless earns the appropriate to name themself a physician, the worst skilled hockey participant nonetheless managed to realize one thing the overwhelming majority of individuals can solely dream of.
I ought to stress I’m not suggesting Marc Methot comes near incomes that label, because the Ottawa native was a strong defenseman who appeared in 624 video games between the Blue Jackets, Senators, and Stars whereas recording 22 targets and 123 factors earlier than knee accidents compelled him to hold up his skates in 2021 (two years after he performed his final NHL recreation).
Methot briefly pivoted to podcasting within the wake of his retirement, however it might seem he’s now focusing most of his vitality on his household whereas elevating two youngsters: his four-year-old daughter Ivy and his three-year-old son Jack.
On Thursday, Methot turned to the web for recommendation after Jack got here dwelling from college and knowledgeable him one other child instructed him his dad is “trash at hockey” throughout recess, which led to the previous d-man pondering methods he might get some revenge after realizing the child’s dad was most likely the individual accountable to instilling that perception.
I want recommendation. So, my son arrives from college at present and tells me that an older child instructed him at recess that his dad(me) is “trash at hockey.”
No biggie, youngsters say silly stuff, proper? However after considering it over a bit extra, I noticed it’s seemingly the child’s father who instructed him…
— Marc Methot (@MarcMethot3) June 13, 2024
The tweet obtained a flood of responses from individuals who steered some potential routes he might take, together with one one that floated the thought of giving the child a signed hockey card within the hopes the reward would result in him asking his father why he doesn’t have one—a plan Methot mentioned he plans to execute.
Nicely performed.
