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Originally Posted by Azure
As I mentioned in the Hockey Canada thread, I find it extremely hypocritical for the NHL or NHL teams to have a 'Pride Night' but not a single one of them has spoken out or brought light to the disaster that has gone on with Team Canada at the world juniors, hazing events, locker room culture, sexual assault in hockey circles, etc. All these problems are documented and have been brought to light the last couple years, and we all know they are extremely damaging when it comes to trying to get more kids into minor hockey.
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You're not wrong, but this isn't a reason to not do Pride night. The NHL needs to do more but you also have to start somewhere, can't change culture overnight.
In fact, one could argue that things like Pride night are
exactly what the NHL needs to be doing to combat toxic hockey culture.