07-23-2021, 10:02 PM
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#41
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Marc Bergevin was in management for the Hawks during their sex scandal, so something like this probably didn't even phase him.
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Unfortunately this feels true and its hard not to make that connection.
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07-23-2021, 10:02 PM
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#42
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Not Jim Playfair
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Montreal Canadiens have become a classless organization this week. Multiple exhibits. A true disgrace.
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07-23-2021, 10:02 PM
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#43
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
Not sure why the league didn't step in prior to the draft and suspend the player from eligibility, to keep this from happening.
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Is that even a thing the league can do?
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07-23-2021, 10:03 PM
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#44
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Then the NHL is truly lost.
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It’s sports…the nfl has felons
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07-23-2021, 10:03 PM
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#45
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: B.C.
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My god. The kid was 17. He screwed up. He admitted it. I wonder if some of you would be happy if he was strung up. Look around sports and tell me you don't see players who have behaved as badly. And many of them repeatedly and adults. No one is condoning his actions but a life's sentence isn't warranted.
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07-23-2021, 10:03 PM
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#46
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Flames Town
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This is just embarassing for Montreal.
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07-23-2021, 10:03 PM
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#47
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Is that even a thing the league can do?
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No idea, but it should be imo.
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07-23-2021, 10:04 PM
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#48
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Franchise Player
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Is the draft really that ####ty that no one was better than a sex offender? Odd.
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07-23-2021, 10:05 PM
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#49
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Franchise Player
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There's still time to acquire Jake Virtanen, too, Marc...
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07-23-2021, 10:06 PM
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#50
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Teroy
My god. The kid was 17. He screwed up. He admitted it. I wonder if some of you would be happy if he was strung up. Look around sports and tell me you don't see players who have behaved as badly. And many of them repeatedly and adults. No one is condoning his actions but a life's sentence isn't warranted.
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What about the victim?
The victim that doesn't even believe his apology?
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07-23-2021, 10:07 PM
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#51
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teroy
My god. The kid was 17. He screwed up. He admitted it. I wonder if some of you would be happy if he was strung up. Look around sports and tell me you don't see players who have behaved as badly. And many of them repeatedly and adults. No one is condoning his actions but a life's sentence isn't warranted.
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A life sentence wasn’t warranted but a one year delay in getting drafted would be a nice little “punishment”. Instead he gets rewarded by being drafted in the first round by his home Province Habs, likely a “dream come true”.
If ever there was a reasonable uproar from feminists, this is it.
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07-23-2021, 10:07 PM
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#52
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary
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Thank god these guys didn't win the cup. Rather cheaters win than these scumbags. MB the biggest one of them all.
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07-23-2021, 10:08 PM
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#53
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Franchise Player
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I just can't fathom the ridiculousness of this. If you need to have a statement prepared and ready to go defending your actions, maybe don't draft the kid.
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07-23-2021, 10:09 PM
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#54
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 868904
A life sentence wasn’t warranted but a one year delay in getting drafted would be a nice little “punishment”. Instead he gets rewarded by being drafted in the first round by his home Province Habs, likely a “dream come true”.
If ever there was a reasonable uproar from feminists, this is it.
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Nope he's from Ontario.
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Looks like you'll need one long before I will. May I suggest deflection king?
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07-23-2021, 10:09 PM
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#55
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 868904
A life sentence wasn’t warranted but a one year delay in getting drafted would be a nice little “punishment”. Instead he gets rewarded by being drafted in the first round by his home Province Habs, likely a “dream come true”.
If ever there was a reasonable uproar from feminists, this is it.
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Not that it makes a difference, but I believe he's from Ontario,
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07-23-2021, 10:10 PM
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teroy
My god. The kid was 17. He screwed up. He admitted it. I wonder if some of you would be happy if he was strung up. Look around sports and tell me you don't see players who have behaved as badly. And many of them repeatedly and adults. No one is condoning his actions but a life's sentence isn't warranted.
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Life’s sentence, no. But it’s at the verrrrryyyyy least completely classless to put a 18 year old under the Canadian hockey microscope while he is in the middle of defending a sexual conduct charge, and asked not to be drafted. It’s insane, it’s completely insane. If the kid turns out to be the greatest human who ever lived, this was still a ridiculous pick by Montreal.
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07-23-2021, 10:11 PM
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#57
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teroy
My god. The kid was 17. He screwed up. He admitted it. I wonder if some of you would be happy if he was strung up. Look around sports and tell me you don't see players who have behaved as badly. And many of them repeatedly and adults. No one is condoning his actions but a life's sentence isn't warranted.
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I don't really think anyone is saying that it should be a life sentence, but when the player himself comes out and says "Hey, the NHL draft is an honour and a privilege, and with my actions, I don't deserve to be drafted." and you turn around and draft him anyway? That's just begging for a PR nightmare.
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07-23-2021, 10:12 PM
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#58
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teroy
My god. The kid was 17. He screwed up. He admitted it. I wonder if some of you would be happy if he was strung up. Look around sports and tell me you don't see players who have behaved as badly. And many of them repeatedly and adults. No one is condoning his actions but a life's sentence isn't warranted.
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The kid himself publicly announced that he wasn't ready to be drafted and was willing to work towards getting ready to prove himself for next year's draft.
There was no reason to force it and definitely no life sentence being imposed.
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07-23-2021, 10:12 PM
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#59
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Vernon, BC
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17 year old made a stupid mistake. Wouldn't be the first time.
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07-23-2021, 10:14 PM
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#60
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Steinberg just said it best.
"You're an organization that's trying to set an example, what example are you trying to make with this pick?"
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