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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Do you have any proof that Dube wasn't suffering from a mental health crisis before the Flames were aware of what was to come?
If so, please share. If the Flames are lying I'd like to know.
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The point is not whether Dube is suffering from a mental health crisis or not. The point is that the Flames did not need to word the initial statement in the way they did. They could have, and should have, simply stated that he was granted a leave for personal reasons -- like every other team did.
If the community here had caught wind that Dube was potentially involved, the organization would have also been aware. The proper legal and ethical course would have been to say as little as possible regarding the reason for his leave.
The organization now appears to have been either wilfully blind about the possibility that this was related to the ongoing sexual assault case, or to have chosen, in spite of this possibility, to do right by the player in citing mental health. In either case, it's a terrible look for the organization.