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.
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it → have → 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?
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husband → slam → organization
I do.
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I → do → ?
It broke me that it didn’t.
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it → break → me
He did not simply just get traded.
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He → trade → ?
There was much more to it & I will end it there.
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I → be → it
I loved my husbands (sic) career in DC,” she wrote Friday night in her Instagram Story.
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she → love → Story
“We all love all his old teammates but I don’t like red
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I → love → teammates
and that’s all.”
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that → ’ → ?
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.
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the → spend → Anaheim
Gina, per a Reddit post, posted to her Instagram Story at the time that the trade affected the family while thanking the Capitals community.
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trade → post → 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.
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she → leave → me
“Our hearts were broken last night.”
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hearts → break → ?
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.
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team → sign → 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.
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hands → accord → 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.”
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user → appear → –
“I said I don’t like the color red.
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I → say → 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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who → say → me
It wasn’t meant to offend you and the team you cheer for.
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you → mean → you
I love & appreciate so many of you on here,” Gina wrote with a hands making a heart emoji at the end of the last sentence.
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hands → love → sentence
I’m not going to defend myself bc I said I don’t like the color red.
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I → go → red
This is my page and a place for me to put my opinions.
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me → put → opinions
John had an incredible career in Washington.
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John → have → Washington
If you think his wife saying she doesn’t like red is disrespectful to that.
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she → think → that
That’s your problem.
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That → ’ → ?
He didn’t have a problem with my opinion on the color red.”
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He → have → red
She specifically called out the user who used the vile term.
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who → call → term
“Had to take off the first person bc he messaged me & was nice but McNasty you are staying here,” she wrote,” she wrote above the comment.
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she → have → comment
John’s Instagram account does not feature any comments on the situation, but he previously indicated after the trade that things happened in an unusual manner.
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things → feature → manner
Instead of finding out he was dealt from the team or his agent, his cousin, a farmer, told him in the middle of the night.
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cousin → find → night
He called the timing of the situation “a little wacky,” per the Associated Press.
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He → call → Press
“In the middle of the night is not the best way to find out some very altering news like that,” Carlson, who joined the Capitals in 2009 and won a Stanley Cup with the team in 2018, told the AP in March.
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who → find → March
It’s an exciting time, certainly … but there was a lot that went into the day as well that I’d never had to deal with.
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I → ’ → that
That’s part of life.
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That → ’ → life
That’s part of this league.
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That → ’ → league
I’ve been lucky not to have to do too many of these things.”
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I → have → things
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