Racism and xenophobia? Come on people. Cite your sources here because neither of those things are relevant to the conversation.
The only point he had outside the injury angle was not wanting to strengthen a team that would be playing against the team he (and most Ottawa fans) would be cheering for. That's not xenophobic and it's not even arguably related to racism in any way. At worst, it's a good way to make the relationship with Karlsson a rocky one come next contract signing. That's it.
Things like this are why people make "triggered" memes.
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