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Originally Posted by Infinit47
You don't either. All we know is they have stated the players are on leave and being paid while the legal process plays out, and they will not comment further.
You believe ythe NHL was onside for terminating Perry's Contract because he allegedly made a drunken pass at a reporter, and Kane because his ex wife made allegations against him, but not 5 players who have actually been criminally charged with sexual assault.
You believe that?
The NHL and Flames are doing what they have always done, close their eyes and hope the problem goes away. Same with pain killers, same with CTE, same with a host of other issues.
Their motivation is simple. If they terminate these contracts they are admitting there is an issue with this type of behaviour and that there was at some level a coverup attempted or they were cool looking he other way for 20 months. I think they are still hoping for an acquittal so they can pretend nothing happened and then let these players fade into obscurity.
Everyone in hockey knew about this. But you are letting them off the hook because they were wilfully ignorant. Maybe they didn't find a problem because they purposefully didn't look for a problem.The entire league passed on Formenton and forced him to play in Europe. You cannot reconcile that fact with a belief that teams didn't know something really bad happened.
Saying the Flames have to wait for the courts to decide is just another way to enable this behavior. No wonder victims still don't come forward.
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OK man ...
Believe what you want to believe.
Bettman said the salaries will be paid, which sounds like a league directive to me.
I don't see a logic in a lot of the things you suggest the Flames are doing or thinking behind the scenes.