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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Well it wasn’t a sustained situation. He wasn’t stuck with that employer and situation, grinding him down. Got out of it pretty fast, actually. Then had 21 more employers in the next decade.
In 2 short years he got in with a stable quality organization, and made it to the NHL.
Do you really think he was frustrated when he played with the Flames and got his first NHL goal?
That’s a lot of positive within the first two years of his career being derailed
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His interactions with Peters were probably just a symptom of a more pervasive issue. While others may not have been slinging the n-word around openly, if Peters can do that and get away with it, it's not beyond possibility that others in the NHL were more subtle about their racism.
It would be difficult if not impossible to prove, but Aliu's feelings are justified IMO.