New York Rangers' Vincent Trocheck Under Fire For Tasteless Halloween Costume Choice
The New York Rangers and forward Vincent Trocheck are facing backlash after the players' choice of Halloween costume drew a wave of negative attention.
The Rangers are enjoying another successful season so far in 2024. Pegged as possible Stanley Cup Finalists, the team is backed by a bevy of star players like Alexis Lafreniere, Igor Shesterkin, Artemi Panarin, and Vincent Trocheck. Currently 2nd in the Metropolitan Division, the Rangers are feeling good an eighth of the way through the season.
Well, it is the time of the year for scares and frights, and while Halloween is a fun day to watch movies or dress in outlandish costumes; some people take it too far. It seems Trocheck didn't get the memo, as he was seen on Instagram posing with his partner in a costume representative of notorious criminals, The Menendez Brothers.
The post has since been deleted, however, it showed Trocheck and his partner dressed like both brothers and holding NERF guns to simulate firearms. It was a shocking display of disrespect to the Menendez family and the City of New York as a whole.
The crime involving the Menendez Brothers was worldwide news, as it gripped headlines for its brazen circumstances. However, the brothers gained notoriety for a completely different reason. After committing their heinous crime, the two brothers decided to watch a New York Knicks game courtside at Madison Square Garden.
Their appearance was forever engrained in history, as they were photographed in the background of New York Knicks point guard Mark Jackson; hours after the crime.
The New York Rangers and Vincent Trocheck need to do some type of damage control quickly, as not only is this a tasteless costume in general (who needs to carry a fake gun?) but to essentially glorify criminals is abhorrent. New York needs to figure out a way to punish Trocheck, lest he earn the ire and wrath of a very passionate New York community.
| POLL | ||
Should the NY Rangers suspend, fine, or otherwise punish Vincent Trocheck for his costume? | ||
| Suspension | 53 | 16.9 % |
| Fine | 76 | 24.3 % |
| Bench | 28 | 8.9 % |
| Other | 156 | 49.8 % |
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