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Hope so. He was a bargain this year. Without Tryamkin next season, our need for physical defensemen has amplified. Hopefully we can secure Hamonic with a deal that’s fair for all parties.
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Not a bad line-up of rookies there.. they'd probably give the current Canuck roster a run for its money.
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Will Scheifele be suspended and for how long?
Slegr replied to Dumb Nuck's topic in General Hockey Discussion
4 playoff games is like 12 regular season games. I think it’s pretty excessive for a guy with no suspicion history. I don’t like the NHL explanation either. They frame it like he knew the goal was scored and decided to hit him afterwards. That all happened in a split second. He’s a physical guy. I think there’s a chance he went for the hit thinking it might prevent the goal from being scored. I like tough playoff hockey. The victim has a concussion history - did that play into the extent of the injury? And does he have a concussion history because he doesn’t keep his head up at key times? Yeah, I may be blaming the victim but I wonder if these kinds of considerations weigh into the decision making at all. -
I’m hoping this hilarious Leaf disaster helps convince Petey and Hughes to take a bit of a cut on contracts, recognizing that to win, you need a balance throughout the line up.
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If Habs can win, I’d be overjoyed, but odds are still very much with Leafs. This series reminds me of Canucks in round 1 of 1994 run, against Flames. Canucks won game 1, then lost 3 straight, then fought back with 3 consecutive overtime wins. Not many teams can come back when down 3-1 in the series. Here’s hoping Habs have one more surprise win in them.
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[Discussion] Ron MacLean homophobic?
Slegr replied to Bertuzzipunch's topic in General Hockey Discussion
I respect your point of view, and wouldn’t want Rotten Ron fired over this too, but I do see it as a learning opportunity. I’m straight myself, but proud to be an ally, and I would say the “joke” insinuates more than rubbing that Kevin is gay. It also suggests that if you’re gay, you’ve got HIV /AIDS. That’s a pretty damning stereotype. My thought on it is that Kevin Bieksa is great at disarming people in conversations, making a live CBC recording almost feel like a buddy-buddy chat with his panel members. Rotten Ron probably let his guard down a bit and had a retort that he pulled out of his 1980s toolbox for buddies, forgetting for a moment he’s on live TV. I wouldn’t actually think that’s how he really thinks - those kind of expired jokes are probably just what he grew up on and he adopted at some point. -
[Discussion] Ron MacLean homophobic?
Slegr replied to Bertuzzipunch's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Hockey players are profiled by their teams and media all the time. It comes with the job, as sports celebrities. In other celebrity fields, people identify as queer all the time. Isn’t it a bit odd that through all the years of the NHL, and of all 800+ current members, not one has publicly identified as bi / gay, etc? I would just say that’s a flag. -
[Discussion] Ron MacLean homophobic?
Slegr replied to Bertuzzipunch's topic in General Hockey Discussion
That sounds like Fox news / US Republican rhetoric. I'd guess it wasn't Ron's intention to offend anyone, but the optics aren't great, and could be a good teaching moment in a hockey culture that has traditionally been an unsafe place for queer people (how many NHL players have identified as anything but hetero)? -
[Discussion] Ron MacLean homophobic?
Slegr replied to Bertuzzipunch's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Ron told Bieksa that because he has a picture of a shirtless guy in his backdrop, that Bieksa would definitely test positive for something. How do you equate that to steroids? It came off very much like he was talking about HIV / aids. Plus, I think Bieksa had the infamous naked picture of Kesler behind him too. I don't believe the positive test for "rum" apology for a moment. Ron deserves some criticism here, as much as people want to brush it off as cancel culture. That kind of "humour" doesn't cut it on taxpayer funded national broadcasting these days. -
[Discussion] Ron MacLean homophobic?
Slegr replied to Bertuzzipunch's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Testing positive for rum? That’s weak. Ron Maclean is old school, and in context of pictures of shirtless guys, I highly doubt he was talking about rum. I still can’t forgive Maclean for the attack he committed on Burrows, so he can rot for all I care. His persona has worn thin, and his true side has come through too much in recent years.