Even if Dube told the Flames it was for a mental health issue, and they didn't know this other shoe was about to drop, they didn't have to disclose the mental health piece in the announcement.
They could have simply said 'he's taking an indefinite leave of absence' and not elaborated any further. They made the choice to say it was for mental health reasons and that was a miss-step.
IIRC that's all they did with Kylington, nobody knew it was for mental health reasons initially. Which just makes it all the stranger that they chose to do it this time.
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