The Hartford Yard Goats fired a shot at the Hurricanes for wearing the Whalers' jersey

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Tuesday night, the Carolina Hurricanes will rock their Hartford Whalers jersey for the final time this season when they take on the Bruins in Boston.

There's been some controversy with the jerseys from fans as not everyone is thrilled that the Hurricanes are wearing Hartford's jersey. In fact, ahead of the game against the Bruins, the Hartford Yard Goats tweeted this out "in defence of the honour of the Whalers legacy."

#BREAKING In defense of the honor of the Whalers legacy, Yard Goats announce they will play one game as the Hurricanes this season and lose. 🐳 pic.twitter.com/6ERnjJDBNZ
— Hartford Yard Goats (@GoYardGoats) March 5, 2019

Shots. Fired.

The Rockies' Double-A affiliate doesn't want to see the Hurricanes rocking the Whalers jersey and they aren't alone. Earlier this season, Dougie Hamilton specifically was criticized for wearing No. 19, which was retired by Hartford.

Dougie Hamilton wears Whalers #19 in a display of either complete ignorance or just a complete disconnect from the culture that makes hockey so great. The HFD/CAR franchise retired that number long ago. RIP, John "Pie" McKenzie. This is incredibly disrespectful to Pie's memory. pic.twitter.com/0O1iynbFDC
— Jack Edwards (@RealJackEdwards) December 23, 2018

Nice number change, Dougie pic.twitter.com/DB3t8ksgup
— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) March 4, 2019

The Hurricanes don't care about the criticism, especially because they're winning a lot and on the verge of making it back to the playoffs for the first time since the 2008/09 season.

(H/T: /r/hockey)