A few weeks ago I became a pioneer, I believe, in that I got a little aggressive with an opinion on Twitter. It wasn’t aggressive in a mean way or anything, but it was definitely “sports take aggressive” in a way I’ve actually deployed a few times in the past with a relatively high success rate. The general process for pushing out these Skip Bayless-esque hot takes is as follows:



*I believe an NHL team has overachieved based on their roster versus their results.



*Said team continues to win and public discussion around the team becomes annoyingly favourable.



*I decide to push my “I just don’t see it” chips in online, I make a fan base angry, then for the large part, I get proven right, and the angry dissenters lose their connection to the internet forever (or so it seems). They just go quiet.



Buuut, I’m here hat-in-hand to admit that I done messed one up. I called out the Calgary Flames for not being as...