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Originally Posted by Krynn
like many of you said there's no place for racism in Hockey or The NHL .I'd like to know why he didn't come forward early.im sorry but if it was any other player said this I would believe him more then Akim Aliu .Akim like to play the race card when he was here .if it's TRUE Peter's has to go
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I would guess it is because Aliu has continued to play professional hockey up until just last year. With how deeply entrenched some of this toxicity is likely still within hockey culture, I could see why he would be very reluctant to speak publicly while still trying to earn a living playing hockey.
The Babcock firing and subsequent chatter no doubt has also made an impression enough to tease this out now.