Dazzle

I want to thank all the mods, past and present, for doing a good job here. I have been here for a very long time, so I've had my good and bad moments here. I've been wanting to change my persona from what I used to be, so I will no longer be the same poster, if in fact I move into the new forum. The mods have been extremely lenient with everyone, including myself, so they absolutely deserve a good deal of credit.

People are so harsh on this kid. Injuries and poor coaching did this guy in (Green benched him after Juolevi got his first NHL goal). Hope he can showcase himself in Arizona. Maybe he can make the Canucks regret letting him go.

This is really what happens when you have journalists and pseudo-journalists who have forgotten the importance of journalistic integrity and ethics.

I think this is the most fair take so far. I would THINK (and I could be out of bounds with this one) that Babcock knows this is his one and last shot at being in the NHL. A controversy is not what he wants right now, especially when he hasn't even proven his worth yet in Columbus. Babcock's reputation precedes him and it's not a good one. At the very least he didn't cover up a sexual assault, which is not in any way meant to justify his atrocious treatment of players that he coached. What I meant is there's different tiers of douchebaggery. One thing for sure is that the hate for Babcock will always come back to haunt him. That is something he can't control, no matter how many 'apologies' he makes. From what it sounds like, his apology sounds very sincere. Yet it doesn't matter because no one is obligated to forgive him, no matter how sincere it may be.

I really want to like Rathbone. Offensively, he's great. Defensively, he's really not. Maybe he's better off converting to a forward, which would not be a small task in itself.

Driving under the influence apparently happens a lot more than we realize. Regardless of how many times, it is unacceptable conduct and very dangerous.

What a truly unlucky situation after the free agent signing here.

I remember when people were oozing as Ritchie was playing for Team Canada. I distinctly remember thinking that he was overrated. I've not always been right, but this is one of the few times that I know I got it right, for what it's worth (which is not worth anything)

Old time hockey also had brutal fights and penalties. Europeans were discriminated against (for the most part) and ethnic diversity while taking in account high skill was nonexistent. That era may be nostalgic for many people, but ignorance was bliss.

This is a difficult subject to really talk about - and it's certainly not a black and white scenario. Consent is needed for a kiss here (and other things), which was not obvious at this time for both people. I'm not sure Green truly consented to this, but so far he has not said otherwise. Green and Palffy were teammates at the time, so there was no power dynamic, which is a different scenario with the f**king HEAD of Spanish soccer and a soccer athlete. Trying to compare the two situations is a poor way to make a point on a subject that none of us are truly qualified. What we DO know is that the soccer athlete did NOT consent to the kiss and has stated as such. Consent can be taken away at any time. There's a big f**king difference there. The underscore with this: don't be a f**king idiot and get your consent before you f**king do anything.

The guy needs to resign. If he is able to do this in public, guess what he'll do behind closed doors? I'm guessing he's probably sexually assaulted others, but they haven't been reported.

This is what a cultural relativist would say in this situation.

It's kind of a major oversight, since the event is about Tony Stretcher [sic]'s charity and they couldn't even get the detail about which team he is currently playing for right. It's not the end of the world, but it might very well highlight just how rushed these writers are for time and probably low pay for them to verify every single detail. Writers are criminally underappreciated, much like nurses and teachers. They can shape our lives in different ways. I mean if we have to deepdive into which professions are also important, they all are, such as paramedics, firefighters, and police officers. Society has neglected these people, including cops (poor training).

If the Canucks miss the playoffs, that's going to be an egg on current management's faces.

I've heard a lot of not-so-good things about him via team fans. He's essentially blackballed out of the NHL now.

Absolutely one of the most recognizable broadcasters ever in hockey. I don't even watch Buffalo games and I always associated Sabres hockey with him, based on sound clips.

Canuck fans as a whole are boring as hell. They keep looking to the past and drilling on the exact same tired points. Benning will be forever remembered for the memes, unfortunately though.

I agree. I think the love of dogs has put consideration of others on the backseat. Then again, people have not always been considerate of others.

I'm so divided by this. I am not necessarily a fan of fighting, but I understand its role in the game. We also have lots of "rats" that will do anything and everything to instigate a fight, without ACTUALLY fighting. We currently don't have an effective way to police against those said rats. Safety is important, but still... I'd like to see more done on awful hits (something like how it's done with the IIHF tournaments). What we don't want is a situation where someone gets punched in the face (ala Sedin), but there's NO penalty.

Not sure what to think about this. Victim claims that due to legal reasons, he can't say anything more, but openly posts evidence online to accuse someone... I just think it's too early to rush to judge someone because this situation is kinda sketchy to begin with. One thing for sure is that I think victim just jeopardized his own "legal case" for the social media exposure. Real dumb.

It is worth sharing. I agree with his presentation on the social commentary. It is truly bad that one can be robbed of an opinion because of their skin colour, for example. I witnessed a certain student be 'shushed' for their opinion for being white, but he later identified in that same forum that he was in fact mixed race. Oops. What an egg on the face of those so-called 'anti-racist'. It should be clear that being anti-racist should not mean silencing 'white' voices and I'm not saying that because I'm white; I'm actually NOT white. Without denying that there's been a lot of progress on the race front, the issue of racism is STILL an ongoing issue towards minorities. If we expanded beyond race, lots of other minorities (religious, gender, or underwise) are under attack as well. I won't claim to speak on their behalf, only that I am aware of those issues. Something that needs to be added in that discussion is that with any movement, there will always be opportunists. We've seen black members of society scam people, INCLUDING their own brethren for a 'quick buck', for example. The BLM movement was unfortunately tainted by a certain group of people who decided to RIOT, rather than protest peacefully. We seen that level of RIOTING happen in Paris, which had absolutely nothing to do with the pension issue itself. For anything to be anti-racist, we need to have EVERYONE talking about racism. White people may not have been targets of racism here, but they sure were/are targets in South Africa. Asians were/are certainly targeted in North America, but other races of people were/are targeted in Asia. Racism requires no skin colour. We are all capable of hate, but we are also capable of love. Communication is important. Social media does not help with this in any way whatsoever. It just worsens things. We've seen the bold racist online. Those people may or may not have the idiocy to try that in person. Then again, racism is very complex and goes beyond the racist language.

The people running it are just incompetent as hell.

BC Ferries is such a mess. They pay their top brass too much money and they don't seem to care about anyone else below them.

Maybe you should focus on being a better dad then. Alex looks good, sure, I objectively agree with you, but he is entitled to the same amount of respect, which includes freedom from sexual harassment. The nerve of you to assume that he WANTS this. How do you think he feels if his wife feels uncomfortable about this? Maybe the 'payoff' isn't worth it then. It could be that the wife is his best friend. Why the hell would someone who is morally upstanding want to make their best friend feel like crap? I don't mean to make this sound like a gatekeeping post, but you need to reflect on your post. This is a terrible glimpse of your attitude. The fact that you THINK this is ok behaviour is why you're part of the problem.