The more I think about it, the more I feel like the only way the Flames handled this correctly is if Dube, on his own, walked into the office and said "I need time away for mental health reasons."
If an employee of an organization makes a statement like that, the organization absolutely should proceed in the way the Flames did. It would be inappropriate of the Flames to second-guess such a statement.
If Dube is struggling with mental health as the result of a guilty conscience, then he absolutely deserves that consequence, should never receive sympathy, and should only receive support in the context of incarcerated rehabilitation.
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