Coconuts Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 11 minutes ago, wallstreetamigo said: I am sure both expected a quick and biased investigation followed by a sweeping under the rug. Both should be immediately fired. How either of those organizations keep them on after this is mind boggling to me. Coaches have been fired for calling a player a racial slur (rightfully so). Ignoring them being sexually assaulted for no reason other than pure greed and gain is more heinous. My question is this? Could they not have just fired Aldrich immediately and found a less rapey video coach for the rest of the playoffs that year? Was he really so important to them winning the cup? That they didn’t do anything right away is even worse than allowing it to happen in the first place. Probs, doubt they were expecting things to be as thorough as they apparently were. They should both be turfed by Winnipeg and Florida respectively, current season records and past accomplishments be damned. You'd think so, surely they could have gotten someone else in the meantime. And yeah, taking almost a month to decide to do anything at all is mind boggling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, The Lock said: If the 2mil fine says hello, it must be a whisper of a hello coming from underneath an ocean of lies. Might as well have just poked the orgnization with a toothpick. Exactly my point. The punishment is so woefully unacceptable that actually Bettman and his whole team should join the rest of these assholes in being out of a job. Edited October 26, 2021 by wallstreetamigo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, The Lock said: If the 2mil fine says hello, it must be a whisper of a hello coming from underneath an ocean of lies. Might as well have just poked the orgnization with a toothpick. Strip them of their first round pick for eleven years, that's how long it took for this to get out. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Just now, Coconuts said: Strip them of their first round pick for eleven years, that's how long it took for this to get out. Totally agree. And the 2 million should be 10 and added to their cap for the next 11 too. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rekker Posted October 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2021 This is bull$&!#. Look at what Arizona got fined for their BS at circumventing the combine. The fact that Chicago didn't loose a draft pick or two is absolute crap. NHL is a joke and a boys club that favours the original six and the other darlings. If I'm Arizona I'm going public with WTF?!?!. It's crap like this that if I didn't love this game, it's my passion, I'd say good riddance to this farce of a leugue. If the scenario was exactly the same, but the Canucks committing the crime, I gaurantee, gaurantee, there would be draft picks invlolved. 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Coconuts said: Strip them of their first round pick for eleven years, that's how long it took for this to get out. Considering Arizona was stripped of 1st round picks for something a lot less dire, I would say at least a couple of picks should have been removed for this. There's just no consistency with how these penalties are done. Edited October 26, 2021 by The Lock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 1 minute ago, rekker said: This is bull$&!#. Look at what Arizona got fined for their BS at circumventing the combine. The fact that Chicago didn't loose a draft pick or two is absolute crap. NHL is a joke and a boys club that favours the original six and the other darlings. If I'm Arizona I'm going public with WTF?!?!. It's crap like this that if I didn't love this game, it's my passion, I'd say good riddance to this farce of a leugue. If the scenario was exactly the same, but the Canucks committing the crime, I gaurantee, gaurantee, there would be draft picks invlolved. Now would be the perfect time for people in the league to speak up about this. The NHL and one of their storied franchises look to be complicit in covering up a sexual assault. Knowing that turd Bettman, he'd probably try to fine the hell out of whomever holds his feet to the fire instead of taking the statements as constructive criticism that he could learn from. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, The Lock said: Considering Arizona was stripped of 1st round picks for something a lot less dire, I would say at least a couple of picks should have been removed for this. There's just no consistency with how these penalties are done. Sure there is. Original 6 big market American team = “well it’s not THAT bad” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, goalie13 said: They were never going to revoke the franchise, but a loss of draft picks may be a more appropriate penalty instead of having zillionaires pay a small fine. You didn't get that I was joking in there?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Now would be the perfect time for people in the league to speak up about this. The NHL and one of their storied franchises look to be complicit in covering up a sexual assault. Knowing that turd Bettman, he'd probably try to fine the hell out of whomever holds his feet to the fire instead of taking the statements as constructive criticism that he could learn from. It's a pity Burke is now employed by a team again. I'd love to hear an honest take from him on this. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, King Heffy said: It's a pity Burke is now employed by a team again. I'd love to hear an honest take from him on this. He should still be able to share his opinion regardless of what his employment is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Quantum said: Will not be surprised if the NHL forces the Panthers to fire Quenneville and the Jets to fire Cheveldayoff. They were both in the room and they both don't deserve to be employed by NHL teams. I was going to post that as well, after reading the brief on the report. Sounds like the NHL will conduct one on one interviews with both of them before making a decision on their future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, King Heffy said: It's a pity Burke is now employed by a team again. I'd love to hear an honest take from him on this. I'm not sure that Burke has ever been one to tap dance around offering his opinion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kloubek Posted October 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2021 16 minutes ago, Coconuts said: Strip them of their first round pick for eleven years, that's how long it took for this to get out. I agree more should have been done. 2m is nothing. McDonough, Bowman, Quenneville, Blunk and Cheveldayoff were all in a meeting in 2010 to discuss the allegations. Yet, Quenneville claimed he learned about the assault this summer, and Cheveldayoff claims he didn't know anything until the very end of Aldrich's employment. Sure seems like both statements are a lie - and while these individuals may not be held accountable for these exact lies since they no longer work for the organization in question, they WERE with the Hawks when all this went down. To me, it looks entirely like an active cover-up at an organizational level and this needs to be used as an example of what happens when a team conspires to do wrong. Hit 'em where it hurts. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: He should still be able to share his opinion regardless of what his employment is. Agreed, but probably won't be quite as candid as he could be otherwise. Edited October 26, 2021 by King Heffy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Bettman made the situation worse with that pathetic fine. Accountability doesn’t happen unless the punishment actually punished them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) Somebody ask Robin Lehner what he thinks about all of this. Would at least probably get a candid response. Edited October 26, 2021 by wallstreetamigo 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniwaki Canuck Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Inadequate response from the league, one that just makes the whole sport look like some kind of pedophile ring. Terrible look. My thoughts are with John Doe, Theo Fleury and Sheldon Kennedy at the moment. Punishing the perpetrators and cover-ups is important, but until the sport addresses how this kind of abuse can happen and foregrounds the needs of those on the receiving end of it, we aren't dealing with what's been happening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podz92 Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, wallstreetamigo said: The 2 mil fine says hello. How much money did Chicago make due to winning the Stanley Cup that year? What money did Kane, Toews, Keith, etc make off the back of it? What money and opportunity did Quenville, Bowman, and Cheveldaeoff get from it. The NHL showed today that sweeping it under the rug then firing a few guys when it comes out a decade later is the best course of action unfortunately. Well hard to say what they gained, but perhaps this is part of why Duncan Keith went to Edmonton, he got out before $&!# got too real... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Podz92 said: Well hard to say what they gained, but perhaps this is part of why Duncan Keith went to Edmonton, he got out before $&!# got too real... It’s not hard to see what they gained. They gained several cup wins and all the money and glory that goes along with it. 2 mil dollar fine. Is that one or two playoff games worth of revenue? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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