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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
What is the bar for mental health leave then? Insinuating the Flames merely rubber stamped a request for a mental health leave seems extremely naive. Just about any employer would be entitled to a legitimate explanation for a variety of reasons from whether it is a workplace matter or something entirely unrelated.
Something like this should certainly be classified as an indefinite leave of absence, similar to Lucic - who you could certainly argue is probably in the ballpark of a mental health leave situation as well. The primary issue however is legal, so that should trump everything else in my mind.
Calling this a mental health thing first and foremost is an injustice to people that are legitimately leveraging this for situations like Kylington.
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I don’t know what happened behind the scenes but it’s entirely possible the flames knew of his situation but not the impending “potential” charges. If he came to them and said he needed a mental break, how are they in a position to say no? It’s a tough one. I’m positive today they’re looking at it like, damn we really shouldn’t have put it out there as mental but a personal leave. There’s nothing benefiting them by covering it up. He’s not a star player they needs to satisfy (as sad as that is).