NHL Thread: ENTER NOW FOR ANNUAL LEAFS MELTDOWN

"He just made a mistake as a first-year GM. In 2021 the Stan I know would be better." But he's leaving anyway

 

Lots of people need to be out of hockey

 

"The Blackhawks of 2021 are a better organization than 2010...not in wins and losses..."

 

Previously they denied any knowledge, correct? That's not great

 

I want to know what the players knew

 

they had to know of the allegations

 

Weren't there reports of players making fun of the victim and calling him the F word?

 

Im sure someone will read the 108 page report and be tactless enough to name the player on twitter

 

I'm reading the report and I don't know the players' personal lives well enough but it should be really easy. They have a ton of identifying details

 

your move Florida

 

Two former Blackhawks players claimed in their interviews and publicly in 2021 that, during the 2010 playoffs, “everyone” knew about Aldrich engaging in inappropriate conduct with players.469 In particular, Brent Sopel claimed in his interview and publicly that “everyone” was talking about how Aldrich wanted to “touch penises” during the 2010 playoffs and that “everyone” knew.m, 470 Nick Boynton stated in his interview and publicly that during the 2010 playoffs, numerous Blackhawks players asked him what happened regarding Aldrich

 

so this couldn't have been anymore out in the open within the org

 

If this happened in any of the other 3 major sports, it would be an enormous story. Seems like only hockey people are talking about it .

 

Who shat on those picks?

 

I don't mean to downplay what Gruden did, but this is ten times the story and it will probably get 1/10th the coverage.

 

And isn't something ESPN can use to draw in viewers.

 

Important distinction, this is Black Ace 1, not John Doe

 

in a vacuum without any other day-to-day occurrences, this account is plausible as to why he said he didn't know. This is from the investigation, not a statement from Q. But this is just based on the one meeting and not day-to-day locker room chatter, etc.

 

this reads like someone trying really hard to maintain deniability.

 

So who were the black aces in the 2010 playoffs, and made the team in 2014

 

IDK what dollar amount would seem like a justified penalty, but it's a hell of a lot more than $2M

 

don't do this

 

nm

 

I get being mad at the players for completely indefensible behavior towards the victim, but for me the biggest villains (aside from Aldrich) in all this are the people in power that both allowed and supported Alrich as he continued to work in hockey and prey on players in college and even high school.

 

Fire Quenneville, Cheveldayoff, Bergevin and everyone involved. And suspend players too. This is fucking disgusting/revolting.

 

whats fucked up is it seems like sexual abuse/harassment is endemic to hockey culture and I don’t know why that is? Is it because you have a bunch of boys that get sent away from their families at 15/16 years old?

 

I definitely witnessed plenty of mild, but still fucked up shit growing up in locker rooms (and going to an all boys school).

 

Rich, white jocks who’ve always had whatever they wanted in life.

 

One of my oldest hockey memories was being at a hockey camp in Michigan and the older kids were kind of the RA's at the dorm we stayed at. They were telling us horrific shit that went on in junior locker rooms. This was in the early 90's.

 

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