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Originally Posted by nieuwy-89
4. The Calgary Flames. I’m sorry but it really bothers me that they issued the statement they did. They covered for Dube. There is no way that the organization didn’t know he had a role in this. It’s been a tough 2 years to be a fan of this team and supporter of the franchise. It’s time for a new approach to fans and the public. It’s time for some transparency and honesty from this team, not constant blunders and misdirection.
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Again, I don't see it as the team using this to cover for Dube. At least we don't know that. We don't know what happened leading up to announcement. Mental crisis takes several forms.
- He could have checked himself into a medical facility
- He could have reached out to a team-mate or coach if he was in crisis
- He could have gone through his agent to formally request leave for mental health reasons.
We don't know. And we may not. But these are not black and white things. The Flames released a pretty fact-based announcement that he was away from the team to attend to mental health, noting that he was under the care of medical professionals.
Did they need to say all that? Maybe. Maybe not. We don't know enough to judge. If there was a blunder here it indeed was not just saying that he was taking a leave of absence and that's it. But I don't think that was to cover something up. IF they knew what was coming, they would also know how ineffective that would be.
Depending on how things played out, there may have been no direct contact between the organization and team, but instead they could have been notified by the agent and/or medical professionals.
Too many unknowns and on the list of parties who did things wrong, the wording of the statement from the Flames is waaay down my list. Particularly from an organization who have navigated some tough stuff recently fairly well (Peters, Kylington, Snow).