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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Yeah, I don’t care about the drug thing at all. The only red flag there is that he was dumb enough to make it public. Take that away and he was still just an okay 4th rounder that went on a 20 game heater and otherwise looked like a 10-20 point 4th line center with inconsistent effort and below average faceoff numbers. The one season where he looked like maybe he could do something he went and finished pointless in 19 games and then followed it up with another replacement level season in Arizona.
Would be cool to see him actually turn into something and figure it all out, but ideally it’s another team burning a roster spot on the off chance that happens.
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I don't care about it from a moral point of view if someone wants to use cocaine. My main issue with it was that he seemed to be promoting it. If people want to dabble in it, that's fine, but keep it on the down low and in moderation. While I don't have an issue with it, it's not a healthy thing to do and I wouldn't want a player around who promotes it as a lifestyle choice. The video he posted suggests that he wasn't moderating his use and that he wanted to promote it as glamorous. Sitting in a room alone using drugs is a seriously warning sign that the person isn't just a moderate social user, but that they might have a bigger problem.
Granted, I think the video was quite possibly just him peacocking and showing off to friends and maybe not a glimpse of him falling into addiction. That also doesn't sit well with me either just like how Evander Kane posting images showing off his stacks of cash in Vegas didn't. It's just low class.
Having said that, I agree with others that people can change. Sometimes it's not even a matter of changing because often people just do something stupid stuff outside of their normal character.