Ex-NHLer Chris Pronger calls out $128.72 billion American company over seemingly unsatisfactory service

On Sunday, former NHL star Chris Pronger criticized transportation company Uber for not meeting expectations with its premium Black SUV service. He took to X to vent his frustration, claiming he received a crossover vehicle instead of the SUV he had booked.

"Hey @Uber when I order a Black SUV I expect and am paying for something that is large and an SUV! Not trying to book a crossover vehicle! If I was I would choose that option. This has happened quite a bit recently. What are you doing about this?" Pronger wrote.

Uber, which has a market cap of $128.72 billion per Forbes, has not publicly responded to Pronger’s complaint.

Pronger, a 2015 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, is one of the greatest NHL defensemen. Drafted in 1993, he played for teams like the St. Louis Blues, Anaheim Ducks, and Philadelphia Flyers. Pronger won the Stanley Cup in 2007 and earned two Olympic gold medals with Team Canada. He is also part of the triple gold club.

After retiring, Pronger worked in advisory roles in the NHL and started a luxury travel business in Chesterfield, Missouri.

Chris Pronger's opinion on the lack of awareness among modern players

In October, Chris Pronger was in the spotlight after he defended Jacob Trouba for his hit on Montreal Canadiens' Justin Barron, which caused controversy. Barron left the game with an upper-body injury. The referees didn’t call a penalty, and the Department of Player Safety ruled the hit clean.

Talking to The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun, Pronger mentioned that the problem is a lack of awareness from modern players.

"From minor hockey all the way up, that's just how they're taught to play the game," Pronger said. "The mindset, the mentality, the lack of awareness that these kids have nowadays, is mind-boggling. They have no sense that they're going to get hit..."

"They have no awareness of who's around (them). They don't even know who's on the ice... They can skate 100 miles an hour, and they can stickhandle, and they can do all this stuff ... but the hockey sense and the awareness has really gotten lost in the equation," he added.

Chris Pronger was drafted second overall in 1993 and played in the NHL until 2012.