Patrik Laine has "got nothing bad to say about Winnipeg," which doesn't exactly jump off the page as a new slogan to slap on our licence plates, erect some billboards and build a tourism campaign around, does it?
I suppose it's better than "We were born here, what's your excuse?" which The Simpsons famously — at least around here — asked in an episode years ago that involved Homer coming to our backyard to obtain cheap prescription drugs for residents of Springfield.
But those hoping for another love letter from Laine — like that sugary sweet "Winnipeg is good" puff piece ghostwritten on his behalf in the Players' Tribune in early 2018 — likely felt scorned as he spoke last week from Finland with Sportsnet's Chris Johnston.