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Originally Posted by Salt Water Cowboy #10
I think all goalies have to get their mask art passed by the NHL before wearing it in a game. But I have no idea what is offensive or antagonizing about that mask. Or why the NHL would be worried about it. I think Fliery should’ve just used it as his main mask. Without telling the NHL the significance. If he had just hired the artist like any mask painter, and just worn it, the NHL wouldn’t have been able to be so silly
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It has everything to do with the NHL scheming way too hard but actually ending up looking even more stupid. With the backlash they got for banning the pride jerseys because of a select few from a small minority, they wanted to show the public that they weren't being discriminatory against just the LGBTQ group, but are applying their rule to every group. Pretty much what Reggie mentioned below.
Complete idiots.
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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
This is all about the NHL being afraid some goaltender wears a rainbow themed mask.
What is boils down to.
As a consequence, everything else gets tossed aside.
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Hockey and the NHL actually isn't for everyone and the league has shown this time and time again. It isn't for the LGBTQ group. It isn't for Russians who have nothing to do with the Russian government. Now, it isn't for the Indigenous people.
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Originally Posted by Goriders
How do you know they are old white guys?
Aren’t you doing the same thing?
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I feel for you!!! ThE WhiTE gUyS coNStaNTLy gET dIScrimiNAtEd AgAINst aND iT nEEdS tO StOp!!!
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Originally Posted by bluejays
Some instances appear to be silly on the NHLs part, but I'm going to take the contrarian approach here and say I agree with the NHL. Sports is entertainment but also a business. Seemingly a lot of the social stuff the NHL has been promoting because of social norming have been marred in controversy. If now they're saying any special nights, military, LGBT, anything, is barred and they don't want these cracks to bend the rules, good. They're not against any of these things in particular, but they're saying we're in the entertainment business and not going to open ourselves up to controversy - we're just not going to open it up for anything. I have no problem with that because they're drawing the line pretty clearly now. At this point I have no problem with that approach because it's even across the board.
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But they're not saying that, are they? Military night is still happening, no? Actually, makes me wonder if any goalie has any nods to the US military on their helmet? I remember one of the Rangers goalies was very patriotic to America and had something to pay his respects to them, just can't remember if it was military themed.