Your anecdote in bold is evidence of nothing, BTW. The "trust me bro" line is particularly comical to prop up this revenge narrative you've fabricated, going so far as to claim you know exactly what he was thinking while celebrating with his team. Come off it.
Were you there? The Jumbotron had AH jumping and dancing around right when the clock hit 0:00 just like he was in CGY winning the 2019 GC. You believe what you want.
The word "revenge" was said to AH in many pressers (available on the web sites), TSN interviews, and TSN panel talking points. I'm not positive AH ever actually said the word "revenge", but he didn't correct interviewers when they clearly said that word to him. It's not really my narrative, it's basically everyone in the media's narrative.
And there's something called human nature. It's pretty much common knowledge that when you play your old team, you want to beat them and show them up. Maybe the best word isn't "revenge", but it's the one that's used all the time. Can you think of a better word?
I don't know exactly what AH is thinking. But I can read his body language, think objectively about the situation, and understand player mentality as has been proven over the years. I'm not exactly sure what it is you're trying to shoot down. Are you trying to say "AH definitely isn't thinking about revenge"? Or are you trying to say that players in his situation don't think about revenge? Or are you just trying to say that I don't know anything and thus should not be able to make educated guesses about a player's mindset?
It's a fan forum. All we do is speculate and try our best to interpret the limited information we are presented with. Not sure why this particular one rubs you the wrong way.
