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Old 04-28-2020, 06:37 PM   #258
Jiri Hrdina
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Do you know how many essential service people are away from their families right now? As I mentioned earlier some businessmen go on trips for weeks or months at a time. The guys saying these things are players from teams that won't make the playoffs. It isn't about being away from family, it is having to play 10-12 meaningless games for them because their team wasn't good enough. It is no different then a player during regular time saying "Oh we are not going to make it so I am not playing out the rest of the season, I can spend that time with my family" The Pandemic is just a poor excuse to get away with it. They signed a contract to play the regular season, play the regular season or get suspended without pay.
Oh boy.
First - hockey ain't essential.
Second - I think it's awful that you are framing the pandemic as a "poor excuse to get away with it".
Yes they signed a contract - but who cares. This is an unprecedented crisis for humanity. A little bit of empathy would go a long way.

Eff hockey until things get back to normal, or the new normal.
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