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Originally Posted by New Era
Yeah, so much for this not being tagged with the Flames. "Flames" in almost every headline, and the flaming C being in almost every picture of every story that's come out in the last 24 hours. The Flames are doing the right thing, but this is still going to be associated with the Flames, just like the Dennis Wideman incident will always be associated with the team.
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On the surface it sucks that the team I have loved and cheered for since childhood is at the centre of another scandal. Like many of you I'm feeling hurt by this and was saddened to have to explain this whole situation to my kids.
Unlike the Wideman incident, the Flames have the chance here to do something really positive for hockey and for sport in general. They have already proven to be a forward-looking organization with McGratton's role and how they have handled player's personal health issues of late (think of Stajan a few years ago, Brodie this year).
I'm hoping the Flames will see this as the opportunity to initiate a real culture change in the hockey and not try to bury this or "put it behind us and move forward" as they say in modern sports talk.
Go Flames Go - Go and do the right thing.