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fatso · 10-15-2014, 08:56 AM

Sad stuff. I hope he gets better, for himself and his family.

I seem to remember D. Sutter saying something to the effect of "Daniel needs to decide if he wants to play hockey" when Ryder's struggles first appeared. Obviously hindsight is 20/20 and I'm not criticizing the organization for how it handled this, but it goes to show how difficult it is to recognize and adequately ddress mental illness in its early stages.

Edit: can't remember is this is THE article, but here's one that I think demonstrates the disconnect: http://www.thewesternstar.com/Hockey...ns-to-hockey/1

10-15-2014, 08:56 AM	#11
fatso First Line Centre Join Date: Feb 2008 Exp:	Sad stuff. I hope he gets better, for himself and his family. I seem to remember D. Sutter saying something to the effect of "Daniel needs to decide if he wants to play hockey" when Ryder's struggles first appeared. Obviously hindsight is 20/20 and I'm not criticizing the organization for how it handled this, but it goes to show how difficult it is to recognize and adequately ddress mental illness in its early stages. Edit: can't remember is this is THE article, but here's one that I think demonstrates the disconnect: http://www.thewesternstar.com/Hockey...ns-to-hockey/1 __________________ The great CP is in dire need of prunes! "That's because the productive part of society is adverse to giving up all their wealth so you libs can conduct your social experiments. Experience tells us your a bunch of snake oil salesman...Sucks to be you." ~Calgaryborn 12/06/09 keeping it really stupid! Last edited by fatso; 10-15-2014 at 08:58 AM.