Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were buried less than a month ago after being killed by a drunken driver in New Jersey. The tragedy shocked not only everyone in the hockey world, but the sports world in general. Well, apparently everyone except NHL writer Frank Seravalli.

Seravalli, one of the most well-known hockey writers around and president of the Professional Hockey Writer’s Association, released his annual predictions for the upcoming NHL season on Monday afternoon. It was your usual preview post until the Philadelphia native gave his prediction for the Blue Jackets.

“14. With a little help from Gaudreau, the Columbus Blue Jackets will win the 2025 draft lottery,” Seravalli’s original story read. “It is the only consolation prize in a brutal year, but hope and help is on the way. Bananas that the Blue Jackets have never won the lottery.”

Seravalli’s article was later updated, but only after the hockey world took notice and shared screenshots of the original article.

Screenshots show that the first change read “With a little help from above” before eventually changing to “With a little help from Gaudreau in heaven.”

I think most of us can agree that society has become far too sensitive about things, but that doesn’t apply here, this is deplorable stuff from Seravalli.

His comment that the Blue Jackets got “help from Gaudreau” is terrible, but his comparing the tragic death to a “consolation prize” is equally ridiculous.

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The Gaudreau brothers were killed the night before their sister’s wedding, wives became widows and parents had to bury their children, and Seravalli tried to downplay the situation by saying, “Hey, at least the team will be in first place next.” received the overall ranking.’ Year.’

“Frank Seravalli” is trending on Twitter at the time of writing, and people are ruthlessly making light of it.