[Ed. note: this was mostly written on Saturday prior to the official news of the Claude Giroux trade being announced. Reports about how that trade may have gone down do not change anything in this piece.]
Let’s break the fourth wall for a moment here. When it came to the 1000th game, curtain call, and imminent departure from Claude Giroux that went into motion last Thursday, something that I initially wanted to talk about on this here website was, unfortunately, the haters.
Specifically, about the arguments that Claude Giroux was never good enough to be the best player on a contending team.