I’m not sure whether any of you saw this or not, but the United States won something called the “World Junior Championships” last night. Again, not sure if anybody has ever even heard of that tournament or not. But regardless, Auston Matthews fired off this tweet after Team USA won the gold. A seemingly innocuous tweet, no? I mean sure, Auston Matthews now lives in Canada where he plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs. But he’s an American who won bronze with Team USA at this tournament last year. In fact, he could have still been on this very team if he wasn’t a prodigy playing with the Leafs as a 19-year-old. Again, pretty harmless tweet showing support for his home country. It’s called being patriotic. But don’t tell that to butt hurt Canadians who are ultra mega salty after losing to the US on their home soil.

To start, our boy Matty Marts had a little fun with it.

Matt Martin is a beauty and obviously dickin’ around with his teammate. Guys bein’ dudes. That sort of stuff. But then the really crazies started to come out to play. Canadians love to act like they’re the most polite human beings on planet Earth. But watch them lose a hockey tournament for teenagers and you’ll see they’re full of it.

And now we’re officially off…

Me reading these tweets right now:

It’s already beginning. This is just the first step for people in Toronto turning on Auston Matthews. Imagine when Matthews scores the game winning goal against Canada in the Olympics and/or World Cup? Hooooo boy they are going to lose their shit and run him out of town faster than he can skate.

u mad, bro? As if the 2007 semifinal game never happened.

And finally, my personal favorite…

Good ol’ Canadian hospitality. People forget that Auston Matthews’ mom is actually from Mexico so one of the best hockey players in the world is actually half Mexican. That’s how you grow the game.

So yeah, this is just a cherry on top for the US winning gold last night at the World Juniors. And as a Barstool employee, obviously I realize that half a dozen idiots on Twitter is not totally reflective of Toronto Maple Leafs fans as a whole. Obviously I realize that when you’re dealing with idiots on the internet, there are going to be a few bad eggs while the majority of people are normal and rational and happy for Auston. But it’s just great to see this go down from the other side for once.

@BarstoolJordie