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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Well, of course people are looking for another chance to hate on the Flames. That's what Flames fans do best.
Nobody here seems to be criticizing New Jersey or Philly for doing exactly the same thing the Flames did (bar the ‘mental health’ wording of the press release).
At this point, with respect to Dube, the Flames have two options:
1. Suspend him with pay for the rest of the year and then let him go away.
2. Try to cancel his contract, fight the NHL over it, fight the PA, pay lawyers to fight an inevitable countersuit, and likely end up paying his remaining salary anyway.
The only reason to do #2 is to appease a bunch of people on the Internet who want to see someone hang. Why bother? I'm pretty confident that Dube will be sufficiently punished by the courts and by the loss of his NHL career. But neither of those things is going to happen now! now! now!, so they're not good enough for a few people who think retribution ought to be instant and comprehensive.
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That's the difference between being in a Canadian market versus a U.S. one. The Devils not only re-signed McLeod this past summer, they also signed Cal Foote when really any depth defenceman would have been fine. If they were a Canadian team, they'd have a lot to answer to but nobody is talking about them.