Snark Messier is telling Calgary fans to let go of the Adam Fox boos after the Rangers beat the Flames 3-1 last night.
Fox, the Rangers' top defenseman, was a Calgary draft pick. The Flames took him in the third round, 66th overall, in 2016. Wednesday night he logged 24:40, put two shots on net and finished a +1 in the win.
Snark Messier joked that the crowd was treating Fox like a man with a long list of offenses, then told Calgary to let it go.
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Fox didn't need a point to matter. He came in with 22 points, 20 of them assists, and the Rangers leaned on him for heavy minutes all night.
The scoring came from elsewhere. Mika Zibanejad scored twice, including the game-winner, and Tye Kartye added the other goal.
Joonas Korpisalo stopped 29 of 30 shots. That was enough to quiet a Flames team that got its only goal from Adam Klapka on the power play.
Calgary's Devin Cooley stopped 21 of 23 in the loss.
Are Flames fans aiming at the wrong target?
Yes. Whatever fuels the booing, Fox wasn't the reason the Flames lost, and a defenseman who finishes without a point is not the story of this game.
The Flames' problems are easier to find. Before last night they were 8-10-1 with a -19 goal differential, and they were 2-5-1 on the road. Booing one opponent does nothing for a team that has scored 47 goals through 19 games.
Calgary fans have every right to be loud in their own building. But the energy is better spent on the home side's inability to score than on a former draft pick doing his job for the Rangers.
The Rangers were 3-6-1 on the road before last night, and they moved on with the win. They head to Vancouver on Friday. The Flames travel to Los Angeles on Saturday, and nobody there will be booing a Ranger.
This article was written with the help of artificial intelligence, based on public reports and official sources.
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