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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
As far as whether he apologizes now, I don't entirely care about it. Not because he doesn't deserve a second chance, but because my opinion rests on his ability to make amends and be forgiven by his victim, not solely on an apology. If Isaiah forgives him, why shouldn't we? And given that Isaiah forgave his other abuser, I don't see that as being a stretch.
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Right, so the person who gets to determine if he's suffered adequately for the wrong he committed is the victim of that wrong. It's an interesting way of doing things, certainly. Our justice system doesn't put the onus on the victim to determine when the perpetrator has been adequately punished, and there's a reason for that, but some people think that should play more of a role. I'm not really sold, because restorative justice models seem a bit utopian to me.
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And if he doesn't, the question to me isn't "should he have an NHL career" because who am I to say so? But I know for me, circumstances being what they are, I wouldn't have drafted him, and as a person without that power, I'll simply root against him making the NHL.
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That seems pretty reasonable to me. My question was more about whether he should actually be prevented from doing so. Your response seems to be "no, he shouldn't be prevented from making it, I'll just personally hope he doesn't". Fair enough.
There's certainly a lot of middle ground between "clean slate" and "never again shall he shoot a puck". Most of that middle ground takes the form of "he can earn a second chance, so long as X".