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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Pierre McGuire referenced the verbal abuse received by Iginla several times when he was between the benches during that series. He mentioned that the stuff being hurled at Iginla was the worst he had ever heard.
Now I had not ever heard it was either racial, nor oriented towards his family. Nor that it came from Versteeg.
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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
I remember the "incident" you are referring too, but I'd say that statement is strong enough in accusation that should be required to back that up with some facts. You can't just throw around "person X" made racial slurs unless you can prove it.
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Yep. As mentioned, Gaskal is way off on this.
Worth mentioning: Versteeg was teammates with Byfuglien at the time. I HIGHLY doubt anybody was saying anything racist as a result.
Here's the clip being mentioned.
https://streamable.com/ujb23
Iggy is yelling at Bolland. Versteeg isn't even in the picture. It's Bolland, Seabrook, Byfuglien, Sharp, Ladd, and Keith. Pierre also mentions that Burish is the one that's been going at Iginla. The play ends with Versteeg serving Eager's penalty from the play before.
The game ends with this scrum, with Iggy going after Burish.
https://streamable.com/iugkz
Versteeg is still in the penalty box. Pierre says "Iginla wants Burish. That's who he wants, he's gone right after him." and that "Jarome Iginla has taken a verbal abusing I've never seen a star player take".
Literally no involvement by Versteeg in these segments. Pretty bad form to make a claim that anybody was hurling racist comments when you don't have anything to back it up.