Lightning's Jon Cooper regrets remarks he made after loss to Panthers

"We might as well put skirts on them then... I think we're letting the goalies off the hook."

"As you know, it was a pretty disappointing series loss the other night. I made an inappropriate analogy about goalies in skirts. It's one of those moments if you could just reach back and grab the words back, I would have. As a father of two, especially a massive supporter of women's hockey, I have girls that play sports. Quite frankly, it was wrong and I had go and explain myself to my girls. I sincerely apologize to all I offended. It's pained me more than the actual series loss itself."

"I've always heard what a good human Jon Cooper is.

I'm not surprised that he was introspective, recognized that his words matter and apologized.

We all say or do the wrong thing. Be accountable, apologize and don't do it again.

It's really that simple folks.