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Originally Posted by fleury
Hockey analyst, a little bit of a stretch. Host for segments nobody watches, sure.
What about her arguments did you agree with? The NHL hasn’t done enough? Some issues, yes, some, no (purely based on nothing data driven). What exactly has she said that others haven’t said? Why doesn’t she talk about her terribly biased tweet? Let’s talk about some known facts the past couple years. Women not being involved at the nhl level? How about skating coaches being hired, Wickenheiser hired in player development, AHL trying out female refs. What more does she want in a short period of time?
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Well, she did reference her commentary from the day, including her Tweet. She explained that she is coming from an emotionally charged place, and exclusively from a group that has, traditionally, been shuffled out-of-sight in the NHL and hockey culture. Thankfully, that has recently changed and is gaining momentum.
What's different is that she spoke from a woman's perspective operating within the industry, and what she's saying - if I'm hearing properly - is that even with how much has gone on, what has come to light, and what the NHL has had to reckon in the past few years we are seeing the same damn rhetoric.
I'm not sure people want to change everything overnight, it's just disappointing that at yet another crossroads we are still entertaining the same 3 Ds I mentioned earlier.
Being emotional and demanding change is perfectly reasonable from a person with her platform and in her position. Frankly, I wouldn't trust it genuine if a little emotion and demand weren't part of it. With letting the perpetrators off light and declaring issues like the Aliu/Peters situation as closed (when it wasn't) I think people are justified in viewing Bettman and the NHL as insincere.