NHL veterans wife feuds with Capitals fans after trade: Much more to it
Longtime Capitals stalwart John Carlson’s wife had Washington fans seeing red after making what she claimed to be a joke about not liking the color red — and it led to quite an interesting twist to his exit.After fans slammed Gina Nucci Carlson for her joke referencing Washington’s red color, leading to her posting a lengthy defense that highlighted one fan calling her a “c–t,” she claimed “there was much more” to the midseason trade to the Ducks last year during his 17th season with the Capitals.“Do I wish things ended better with an organization my husband spent 17 years with? Yes.I do.
It broke me that it didn’t.He did not simply just get traded.
There was much more to it & I will end it there.I loved my husbands (sic) career in DC,” she wrote Friday night in her Instagram Story.“We all love all his old teammates but I don’t like red and that’s all.”John, a 36-year-old defenseman, spent the first 1,143 games of his career with the Capitals before the traded him to Anaheim last season.Gina, per a Reddit post, posted to her Instagram Story at the time that the trade affected the family while thanking the Capitals community.“It wouldn’t be genuine of me to leave here as if this is just a business & John is a transaction,” she allegedly wrote.
“Our hearts were broken last night.”John ultimately signed a two-year deal with the Lightning in free agency, and the team posted to Its Instagram account Friday photos of its new players.Gina, according to X, featured that post in her Instagram Story with a heart and wrote, “I never like red anyway,” with the hands making a heart emoji.It appears that comment did not go over well with Capitals fans, and she posted a lengthy defense to Instagram while screenshotting one nasty response to her in which a user called her a “c–t.”“I said I don’t like the color red.It was a joke and I won’t say sorry for that — but for the Caps fans who have been wonderful to me.
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