Almost four years ago we were treated to a couple hundred words about how Dion Phaneuf is a bad leader and a bad person because he wore a Red Bull hate in a post-game scrum.
Yes, because of the hat he wore.
“For the captain to be wearing that hat — I’m disappointed. You can quote me on that,” said Richard Peddie, who was the top executive at the company that owns the Maple Leafs until his 2012 retirement. “I would look for better from a captain.” - Former MLSE CEO Richard Peddie
This became an actual thing that people went on and on and on about, because when the Leafs were bad, everything and everyone on the team was bad.