ECQF: Boston Bruins (4) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (5) (Boston wins 4-1)

[dammage79]

Good for him. Life goes on.

[868904]

Originally Posted by flamesfan1297

The Bruins and all his teammates are going to say the right things and show their support obviously, but there has to be Atleast a few of them that this doesn't sit right with. Everyone's situation is different of course but there is probably Atleast a couple players in the same situation who are staying to play

3 kids including a newborn and wife likely dealing with post-partum AND you are away in a bubble?

I don't see how Rask can't go home.

Though with the money these guys make, you'd think they could hire help but maybe that doesn't work anymore with the pandemic.

[SeanCharles]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I’m surprised people are speculating what is and isn’t going on.
Can we just be comfortable with the fact we don’t know and not judge him?

It just raises some questions because he could have opted out at the start and avoided all this.

It’s just as speculative to assume he only went cause of team pressure and now wants out.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Rask makes $7mil a year. I'm sure his wife doesn't have it too hard with the nannies and house cleaners and not ever having to work, etc.

If post partum depression is in the picture, money is powerless. As it is in general against mental illness.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I’m surprised people are speculating what is and isn’t going on.
Can we just be comfortable with the fact we don’t know and not judge him?

We do know. Or at least, if you trust Sweeney, you do. If anything, you're speculating that there's more information to be had here when there's no reason to think so.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1294647103050985475

If I'm wrong, and if other information comes out that there was some additional reason beyond "I'm just not feeling it, would rather be at home with the fam", then I'm prepared to revise my view. But based on the information we have, which, according to the GM, is all there is... he quit.

The guy's a millionaire. His wife and kids will be fine without him for a bit, just as they are when long road trips happen. There are lots of players in this thing who I'm sure miss their families, and there are lots of them who have recently born kids. Ivan Barbashev's first child was born this week and he's currently undergoing the testing procedures to get back into the bubble and into the lineup as quickly as possible, so he can do his job and help his teammates. Bo Horvat's first born arrived in June, and he's leading his team through two games. There are lots of other examples.

I'm perfectly content to judge him.

[Beatle17]

Originally Posted by 868904

3 kids including a newborn and wife likely dealing with post-partum AND you are away in a bubble?

I don't see how Rask can't go home.

Though with the money these guys make, you'd think they could hire help but maybe that doesn't work anymore with the pandemic.

Kind of a jump for you to make without any knowledge of the family. Not every person who has a child gets post-partum.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Technically every woman gets postpartum, the words literally mean after childbirth. His wife gave birth to a baby, she is postpartum. And this may shock people, but childbirth and the period after it would be difficult on anyone, let alone with two other children in the middle of a pandemic. That doesn't mean to say that she has PPD or the baby blues (although that is possible) it could just be that it is difficult and Rask values his family more than a run at the cup where his heart isn't in it.

It sucks in a sense though at the same time because he is a star player, who is being paid more money than anyone can imagine, to play a sport, and then he isn't playing that sport. So I can see it pretty easily from both sides.

[Gaskal]

Yeah I'm not shy about making my stance known, lol.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

More from Sweeney.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1294650906827468800

[OutOfTheCube]

The kid was born in April too, generous use of "newborn".

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

More from Sweeney.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1294650906827468800

Makes sense . Edmonton is not an easy place to be, even in ordinary times!

Imprisoned in the bubble, you go to the window and look through the bars, and on the outside... Edmonton

[DeluxeMoustache]

Nice hand eye by Coyle!

[mile]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1294306986364940288

[mrdonkey]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Makes sense . Edmonton is not an easy place to be, even in ordinary times!

Imprisoned in the bubble, you go to the window and look through the bars, and on the outside... Edmonton

He's been playing in Toronto.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by N26

If Brind'Amour's version of events is true then the NHL (and the ref) are deeply in the wrong here. The call on the ice is not a secret you're supposed to guess.

However that is so obvious I can't help but be suspicious of his version.

It shouldn't really matter, because he's obviously right. It was either a hand pass or a goalie interference. There shouldn't have been a third option, and the refs should have worked with Rod to get the call right what ever the challenge is.

The correct thing to do would have been to accept which ever challenge the Hurricanes make.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by mrdonkey

He's been playing in Toronto.

Haha. Right you are! Oops

Where are the finals being played, is that decided?

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Makes sense . Edmonton is not an easy place to be, even in ordinary times!

Imprisoned in the bubble, you go to the window and look through the bars, and on the outside... Edmonton

Well he was in Toronto so that shouldn’t have been the issue..... Almost laid some money on him to win the Conn Smythe, glad that didn’t happen. Yes he is free to quit and go home at any time, just like Boston is free to trade him in the off season. What will happen long term will be interesting, is there a chance his NHL playing days are over? If his heart isn’t in it he shouldn’t be playing.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

We do know. Or at least, if you trust Sweeney, you do. If anything, you're speculating that there's more information to be had here when there's no reason to think so.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1294647103050985475

If I'm wrong, and if other information comes out that there was some additional reason beyond "I'm just not feeling it, would rather be at home with the fam", then I'm prepared to revise my view. But based on the information we have, which, according to the GM, is all there is... he quit.

The guy's a millionaire. His wife and kids will be fine without him for a bit, just as they are when long road trips happen. There are lots of players in this thing who I'm sure miss their families, and there are lots of them who have recently born kids. Ivan Barbashev's first child was born this week and he's currently undergoing the testing procedures to get back into the bubble and into the lineup as quickly as possible, so he can do his job and help his teammates. Bo Horvat's first born arrived in June, and he's leading his team through two games. There are lots of other examples.

I'm perfectly content to judge him.

So you are prepared to judge him on the basis of a tweet, which is a max of 280 characters? I think that's brutal. Family situations are always more complicated. We have no idea what is going on.

But go ahead and make a judgement on the basis of a tweet. I guess this is the world we live in.

[bluejays]

Boston's return hasn't looked too good since the return to play. Makes me actually wonder if Friedman was referring to Boston partying nightly in the bubble.

[SeanCharles]

Who is the backup now, Lagace?