On a personal level, I just have no time for bullies. I had a friend who had to change schools in junior high because he was being bullied by this one kid so much about his weight. I always felt ashamed I didn't do more to help him out before it got to that point, but I always hated that kid who bullied him. And to no surprise, the bully grew up and still seems like an ahole as an adult (from talking with a friend of a friend who still knows him).
What this Miller kid was way worse. The psychological damage he's done to his victim could very well be life altering. I get that he was punished by the law. But to this point, there doesn't seem to be any evidence shown that the he is working hard to make up for his grave mistakes.
Like it or not, hockey is a sport which thrusts the individual into the public light. The onus is on the kid to show the public to prove us wrong IMO. Until then, we only have our opinions to go by.
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