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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
What’s not clear to you?
NHL players are overwhelmingly 18-34 year old white men. It’s reasonable to assume they have the social and political outlooks of typical 18-34 year old white men. Which means far more of them align with the populist right than people around here seem to assume. It has nothing to do with hockey or hockey culture itself, as GioForPM asserted.
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This is true in general, but in DeAngelo's cases there are a ton of signs the guy may just be a bit of a dummy. Fighting with teammates, getting suspended for using slurs in junior, etc. Even openly talking about that brand of politics has probably cost him money.