The Nashville Predators gave Nick Bonino a handsome four-year, $16.4 million contract. Presumably, it’s to come play center for the reigning Western Conference Champions (has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? We’ve got at least a year to drop that in blogs). In case you missed it:
The Nashville Predators took care of an area of concern Saturday, signing center Nick Bonino away from the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins with a $16.4 million, four-year contract.
Bonino was a key player for the Penguins during the past two postseasons, contributing a total of 25 points to help them hoist the Cup twice — including against the Predators last month. He averaged 33 points during two regular seasons in Pittsburgh.
So, as is the case with many players, Bonino wanted to thank the city of Pittsburgh for all the wonderful memories. Memories like winning two Stanley Cups in two seasons with the team, of course. He delivered a nice heartfelt message via Twitter. But, as is oft the case with Twitter, some smartass had to ruin it. Screenshots come courtesy of @nuclearcarly. I can’t embed the tweets since the guy apparently deleted his Twitter after this exchange:
There it is! BOOM! ROASTED! You can call this whatever you want to: savage, sick, cold-blooded, murderous, demoralizing, emasculating, etc. etc.. It is just a downright tar and feathering. Dylan here was beaten with an Internet stick in the proverbial streets of Twitter. And, he deserved it. What a pretentious, condescending remark! Personally, I’m glad he was shamed into deleting his account. But, to be fair, that’s a personality flaw of mine – the whole ‘reveling in the misery of others’ thing. I can relate to Bonino here, though.
Listen, we’ve all been here before, too. Sometimes, our thoughts require more than 140 characters. So, if someone wants to be a dildo about it, yeah, I’m liable to BOOM ROAST them as well. I don’t blame the guy one bit.
I like seeing this fire – roasting Pittsburgh fans (while still complimenting the city – nice touch of social engineering there) is a surefire way of instantly endearing yourself to the rabid fans in Smashville. People are already talking about this guy, but after this, I imagine it’s going to ramp up tenfold.
No one summed this exchange up better than Fang Fingers:
— Fang Fingers (@FangFingersTN) July 1, 2017
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