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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
How the #### did he use it as an excuse for everything? He didn't even admit it happened until he was done with hockey.
All it did, when he admitted it happened, was make sense for people as to why he had so many personal issues.
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..and yet some still can't excuse his behaviour. I'm not sure they quite understand the severity of his upbringing/abuse. The guys in this thread are making it sound like he had your typical sh**ty childhood, and it's no excuse, and he should just overcome that and become a normal person.
A man had forced sexual relations with Theo Fleury, in exchange for not stopping his dream of making the NHL. Just read that sentence three times and let it sink in. You're a kid, you leave home and a grown man climbs into bed with you and plays with you, night after night, and claims if you stop going with it, your NHL dream is over.
Let that sink in, just let it. And then re-read your own comments about how he burned bridges and was a crappy person and says stupid things. Yeah, no ****ing ****, he's been through hell and back. The fact that he made the NHL is a miracle, the fact that he excelled in the NHL is a miracle, the fact that he's alive today is a miracle, and you guys are talking about off ice/personal issues like they're his fault.
You're talking about him like he's a normal person who can change how he is because it isn't ideal. That's ****ing ridiculous.
Retire #14.