[News] Jonathan Toews Planning Return to NHL

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Chicago would be my guesses

Chicago likely has zero interest, as they are rebuilding and have moved away from all he past longer term Chicago players. They passed on Kane.

Some team will give him a chance, and monitor his minutes during the season and hope he can rise to the occasion (again) come playoff time. Maybe Toronto, Dallas or Carolina.

Chicago doesn't win 3 Cups without him. He and Bolland neutered the other teams best players and allowed Kane to roam basically free.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Southside

Quite the treatment.

Toews 100% committed to NHL comeback next season
https://thescore.com/nhl/news/3293294

"Toews' recovery included a trip to India where he underwent a five-week detox through a holistic form of alternative medicine known as Ayurveda that involved intense massages, induced vomiting, and enemas."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detoxi...ative_medicine)

Scientists and health organizations have criticized the concept of detoxification for its unsound scientific basis and for the lack of evidence for claims made.[3] The "toxins" usually remain undefined, with little to no evidence of toxic accumulation in the patient. The British organisation Sense about Science has described some detox diets and commercial products as "a waste of time and money",[4] while the British Dietetic Association called the idea "nonsense" and a "marketing myth".[5] Dara Mohammadi summarizes "detoxing" as "a scam [...] a pseudo-medical concept designed to sell you things", and Edzard Ernst, emeritus professor of complementary medicine, describes it as a term for conventional medical treatments for addiction which has been "hijacked by entrepreneurs, quacks and charlatans to sell a bogus treatment".[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda

The theory and practice of ayurveda is pseudoscientific and toxic metals including lead and mercury are used as ingredients in many ayurvedic medicines.

[Finger Cookin]

I am planning to win the lottery.

[iloveicedhockey]

The Duncan Keith approach to medicine.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

He doesn't have the shady past to play for Edmonton.

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Good to hear

I don’t see him landing in Edmonton. As far as I understand, he is not a dirtbag

He captained the team the openly mocked their teammate that was sexually assaulted by their coach.

He's perfect for Edmonton.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

He doesn't have the shady past to play for Edmonton.

Yes he does.

[UnitedFlames]

Don't be so quick to judge. Unless you've been chronically ill, you can't imagine how, yes, desperate, you can become to find SOMETHING that works. And then consider he was a young man, professional athlete. I'd have tried anything too.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Doesn't this seem more likely to be a "come to camp and if it looks good we'll give you a 1 year deal" sort of thing?

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Doesn't this seem more likely to be a "come to camp and if it looks good we'll give you a 1 year deal" sort of thing?

I think it’s a low risk, high-reward kind of player.

Can likely play 4C better than most 4Cs, and likely can stopgap 3C in case of injury.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Coach

He captained the team the openly mocked their teammate that was sexually assaulted by their coach.

He's perfect for Edmonton.

This shouldn’t be forgotten

[Blaster86]

Jonathan Toews is a piece of ####.

[Salt Water Cowboy #10]

That escalated quickly

[Flamesguy_SJ]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

Jonathan Toews is a piece of ####.

I wasn't a huge fan of his to begin with, but his reaction to the Kyle Beach stuff really soured me on him.

Especially in context with how vocal he was about "player safety" during the 2020 bubble and how hockey media fell all over themselves talking about how he "stepped up" and asked the difficult questions on behalf of players. Folks were awfully quiet about his "leadership" after the Kyle Beach stuff broke.

My reaction when that article came out about his "detox" and how he had diarrhea for days on end: Good!

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Locke

I always liked Toews but...is it really rational to expect him to be a second-line centre at 37 after a couple years out of the game?

I feel that would be absolutely best case scenario with 3rd line center more realistic. For a team trying to advance further in the playoffs his leadership intangibles can't hurt.

[1991 Canadian]

He's not a good human being. I hope he fails.

[Kipper_3434]

I don't think one instance of hardcore bullying deserves eternal damnation. Some of ya'll act you've never done anything to anyone. It's almost like some folks project the justified rage that should be targeted at the actual rapists and MANAGEMENT that allowed it to happen. No one spoke up on the team. Why should Toews be dasavowed so harshly?

Yayaya "he's the captain and needs to lead by exampl". Rubbish, he was a twenty-something guy who only knew hockey, not how to deal with crap like this. Did he make a mistake? Sure, and criticize his leadership, but for godsake stop piling on the bystanders worse than the actual freaking rapist.

[Ped]

No one is singling out Toews. Everyone involved should have been punished and far more than they were. But this is the Toews returning thread, so that's why people are saying #### him. #### him, #### Quenneville, #### Bowman, #### them all.


OBviously you haven't read the Quenneville returning thread. Or the Bowman hired in Edmonton thread.


Also Jonathan Toews made somewhere around 120 million in his career. I don't really think that equals eternal damnation.

[Kipper_3434]

Originally Posted by Ped

No one is singling out Toews. Everyone involved should have been punished and far more than they were. But this is the Toews returning thread, so that's why people are saying #### him. #### him, #### Quenneville, #### Bowman, #### them all.


OBviously you haven't read the Quenneville returning thread. Or the Bowman hired in Edmonton thread.


Also Jonathan Toews made somewhere around 120 million in his career. I don't really think that equals eternal damnation.

*whoooosh, everything i said clearly went over your head. Good day.

[Ped]

Lol

[Johnny Makarov]

Don't Toews him bro!