How about leaving politics out of sport?
And leaving sport out of politics?
There is nothing that destroys parochial interests more quickly than people-getting-to-know-people-as people. The craziest things have been known to happen when people don't have closed minds and they don't avoid each other - harmony of thought and vision has been known to occur.
So if you want to keep building walls between President Trump and the rest of the world, just keep criticizing him and avoiding him. He won't be going away, but your opportunity to build bridges and share views will.
Our dear friends in Halifax need to remember, Sidney Crosby doesn't play for the Halifax Mooseheads, he plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and he represents the interests of the Pittsburgh Penguins (they pay him very handsomely to do that), so let Sid do his job and stop attempting to influence how he does his job. He may surprise you folks and turn out to be the great peace-maker that Mike Pearson was.