The New Jersey Devils may have secured a 5-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets in their recent match, but do you know where the real entertainment was? Well, definitely not on the ice this time; rather, it was during the pressers after that amazed fans the most! For Devils fans, this season has already been a rollercoaster, with their centre and alternate captain Jack Hughes’ season-ending injury, without whom the team’s scoring struggles became more prominent.
However, this allowed veteran players like Erik Haula to step up and find the back of the net after what feels like an eternity! After a brutal 29-game scoring drought, Haula became an easy target for criticism. And when confronted by a reporter, he just couldn’t hold back but send a fierce slap shot directly at the media.
In a video shared by BarDown on X, a reporter innocently asked Haula if the defense would play a more significant role now that Hughes was out. And boy, Haula didn’t stand down, “Well, I don’t know, you tell me. You’ve been chirping me about my goal scoring for the past couple months, so I don’t know. I mean, yeah, of course it’s important.” If that’s not worthy of clipping critics, then what is?
Erik Haula clapped back at a reporter after snapping a 29-game goalless drought!
(via: @MarkFischerNY) pic.twitter.com/ZUfOOhYplb
— BarDown (@BarDown) March 10, 2025
For the fans, well, they wasted no time in turning this into a meme fest. The social media opened up flood-gates with comments like “Clapped back” dude didn’t score for 29 games how is the reporter in the wrong lol,” mostly trolling and criticising Haula for his poor performance even more.
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