[Lanny'sDaMan]

I have tried to write a post here so many times and deleted them all as I keep having far too emotional a response to this. I was horrifically bullied and tortured by a group of kids from grade 1 right through til I graduated. I was a tiny kid well into high school and didn't get my "Man Body" until I was graduated. The same kids, the same methods of abuse from beatings daily, to urinated lunches, swirlies, being taped to a flag pole (yeah that crap actually does happen in real life.) and having my clothing flushed down a toilet so all I had was my ginch. No adults ever interceded (stand up for yourself, kids will be kids etc etc), and now as an adult myself, I still carry the scars of this well into my 40's. Seeing this story has ripped wide open many a wound I thought had healed or at least been buried deep enough to never surface.

This kid has shown no reason to deserve this honour of being drafted. Someone with this obvious lack of a moral compass, any human decency, or even the base modicum of empathy should never ever be in a position to be a role model or be financially rewarded to such a high degree. Am I reacting emotionally? Yeah probably, but in a case such as this, emotion tends to be the defining issue. My heart breaks for the victim as I can intimately feel what he must feel, and know that he will never be whole. How can he be? Someone he trusted and thought of as a friend turned out to be his main torturer. And believe me when I say the word torture is not too strong, and is exactly what this victim has been put through.



Mitchell should never step foot on an NHL surface as a player. Full stop. The game should have no room for such a monster.