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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
Wrong country to play the race card in. It might have worked in Atlanta but that #### don't fly in Winnipeg.
The Irony is he made that comment about a team in Canada yet got shipped to a team in the States where he is likely to be treated different. Not saying the Sabers in particular but in a country as a whole. He must not know his history very well. Wonder if he has ever heard of Harriet Tubman or the underground railroad. I forget where was the final destination and which country was that in?
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It's probably his view of race but has more to do with cultural issues than anything.
I find it really easy to believe he felt ignored or left out by team mates, because he just didn't fit in. Regardless of how you fell about the way people act, hockey players just aren't rappers or NBA players. The personality difference probably left him more isolated than other top players and he conflated it with racism. Unlike a guy like PK who seems self confident enough to understand that most of the players just don't want to express themselves in the same way that he does, and it means he will not always be in the same circle of people as some of them.