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“Saturday Night Live”‘s middle ground problem

The Olympic hockey cameos offered a reminder that the show’s nonpartisan jokes often drift into false equivalence

Published March 6, 2026 12:00PM (EST)

“Heated Rivalry” star Connor Storrie’s “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut generated a rare level of excitement during this 51st season, sparking conversation days before he took the Studio 8H stage. But by the time he got there, his monologue had been transformed from a pure celebration of his overnight success into an exercise in damage control. Leave it to “SNL” to bungle what should have been a slap shot straight into an open goal. 

Days before Storrie’s episode, The Athletic announced that Minnesota Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes — fresh off besting Team Canada to win Olympic gold with the U.S. men’s hockey team in Milan — would join Storrie on the show before heading over to appear on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday.

In another reality, Hughes’ cameo would have been viewed as a nice tip of the hat to the world of “Heated Rivalry,” a romantic drama about hockey players from rival teams – one Canadian, one American – falling in love. But in this darkest of timelines, Hughes and his brother, Jack, were caught in a widely circulated video showing them partying with FBI director Kash Patel and laughing as Donald Trump made a dig at the U.S. women’s hockey team, who also won........

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