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Originally Posted by morgin
Just wanted to chime in - I know a lot of you are excited for hockey reasons that Raymond was waived. I did get the chance to meet him at the Stajan's NICU fundraiser last January and he is really an amazingly quality dude. Him and his wife had contributed a couple cool personal gifts to the silent auction and he was shaking hands with everyone and just seemed genuinely interested in making sure everyone was having a good time (which, to be fair, the rest of the team that was there was also doing). Seemed like he fit in well with the team's culture. As much as right now it's probably a good hockey decision, it's a negative from a community perspective to lose a guy like that off the team. Hopefully he finds his game in Stockton and comes back to earn his contract.
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Credit where it's due. Not all pro athletes do community stuff willingly.
I'd definitely welcome him back if he proves himself. Fact is though, he has shown time and again that he doesn't belong on the big club.