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Last week, the Devils got some fairly devastating news after star center Jack Hughes was sidelined with a freak injury he suffered during a team dinner at a steakhouse in Chicago. The restaurant may not have been responsible, but that hasn’t stopped some fans from taking out their anger by posting negative reviews.
The New Jersey Devils got off to their best start in over three decades by winning eight of their first nine games this season, and they were sitting at the top of the Metropolitan Division with an 11-5 record last week when they headed to Chicago for a showdown with the Blackhawks.
The squad headed to the Chicago Cut Steakhouse the night before the contest for a team dinner, and that name ended up being foreboding in hindsight after the Devils announced Jack Hughes had been ruled out for the game after injuring his hand during the meal.
We eventually learned Hughes had hurt his hand after he leaned on a glass that cut him when it shattered, and on Saturday, the Devils announced the man who still leads the team in points is expected to be out for two months after undergoing surgery on the finger that was impacted.
That was obviously not an ideal development for fans of the team, and some of them have opted to target the restaurant where that fateful moment transpired.
Devils fans are leaving one-star reviews for the Chicago Cut Steakhouse after Jack Hughes was injured while eating there
Hughes is just the latest professional athlete who’s been forced to miss some time after an injury that can be chalked up as a fluke, and most reasonable people know it would be foolish to blame the restaurant that doesn’t have any real culpability.
However, as Greg Wyshynski notes, that hasn’t stopped some Devils fans from heading to the Yelp page for the Chicago Cut Steakhouse to leave one-star reviews for the establishment while citing the injury.
Yelp has policies in place to prevent this kind of review bombing, and it’s doubtful that feedback will remain there if the restaurant brings it to the platform’s attention.
I can’t necessarily say I endorse that kind of behavior, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t respect the pettiness.