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NHL 2021: I Pledge Allegiance to Gritty

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Talking to my ex in Boston, the well scrubbed fans are incensed. The Penalty Box Poors love it. Maybe it's MAGA bait.
 
The Bruins cut the shitheel. Go read Cam Neely's mealy mouthed garbage statement and spot the biggest "WTF" moment and I'll give you a cookie.
 
Swansong said:
The Bruins cut the ****heel. Go read Cam Neely's mealy mouthed garbage statement and spot the biggest "***" moment and I'll give you a cookie.
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Hopefully he reveals what this ‘new information’ is at some point. He should have just come right out and said the Bruins released him because of the social media backlash.

It’s really baffling the Bruins didn’t have a better handle on what the reaction would be. I get the hockey reasons for signing him but surely you would take the whole situation into account.
 
Before I heard the whole story I was on the side of everyone deserves a second chance. But, as always there are exceptions to every rule and this appears to be one of them.
 
That kid is going to have to do A LOT of community and image work to have a chance to play at this point. Probably several years worth. Also, will need a much better attempt at an apology.
 
The thing is, it was like 7-8 years worth of abuse, and to continuously call it "the incident" is showing that he really, really doesn't get it. I am 100% in favor of second chances. He was young, clearly has awful humans for parents, and much can be excused if he actually puts the time in. And he didn't. Court mandated work only, and then some "team suggested" stuff. And when the orgs he had allegedly worked with started saying "no he didn't", he lost me completely.

Cam is a rock head and needs to go.
 
Cam is holding a press conference now where he's effectively taking no responsibility whatsoever.


Way to piss on the best start in many decades. You even managed to piss off the locker room, who very clearly did not want this guy.
 
I liked Cam before this, because he was a Portland Winter Hawk. But he's shouting that he's part of The Problem, and he should be publicly fired at Faneuil Hall.
 
Swansong said:
The thing is, it was like 7-8 years worth of abuse, and to continuously call it "the incident" is showing that he really, really doesn't get it. I am 100% in favor of second chances. He was young, clearly has awful humans for parents, and much can be excused if he actually puts the time in. And he didn't. Court mandated work only, and then some "team suggested" stuff. And when the orgs he had allegedly worked with started saying "no he didn't", he lost me completely.

Cam is a rock head and needs to go.
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Yeah, my guess is he continues to refer to it as "the incident" because he was actually charged with and plead guilty to that single incident involving the candy in the urinal. In his mind he has set aside the other abuse and bullying, basically because he either didn't get caught or didn't get charged.

I think he has two choices. Choice number one, and the path he'll probably follow, is to just see if he can play somewhere professionally outside the country.

Path number two is that he has to recognize that what he did was wrong, had real consequences and he has to atone for it. And by real consequences, I'm not talking about interfering with his professional career.

If I were his advisor, I'd probably do the following. First, I'd get him into some sort of therapy or training program about his acts. Second, he needs to set up a meeting and really apologize to this kid he bullied. Third, I'd try to get him set up as a public speaker in schools. Go and talk to junior high kids about what he did, admitting to it all, and admitting to the consequences to his victim. Yeah, he can add the information about how it screwed up his life too, but that should be a secondary point.

If he's lucky, and appears to be sincere, he may some day get a shot with an NHL team. However, I don't think just the passage of time will do it.
 
Judging by the social media postings of his family, I don't believe that he believes that he did anything wrong beyond getting caught.


Also, team captain Patrice Bergeron was interviewed today about it and he indicated - professionally - that player leadership had been consulted and strongly argued against the move. He went on about how important respect and inclusion was in his world and how this organization, at least from the player perspective, would never tolerate a player like Miller. I believe him here. One of the first things Zdeno Chara did as captain in like 2006 was institute a strict "no hazing" rule. Bergeron carried that forward when he took over. Bergeron also forced the whole locker room to watch the Kyle Beach 60 Minutes interview and how much it affected him.

Contrast that with the weasel words from both the GM and President.
 
On the radio at lunch they were saying Bruins can’t cancel his contract without cause and they owe him approximately $3MM. Will be interesting to see how that plays out. It might make sense to not cancel the contract and not let him play anywhere.
 
Drew S. said:
On the radio at lunch they were saying Bruins can’t cancel his contract without cause and they owe him approximately $3MM. Will be interesting to see how that plays out. It might make sense to not cancel the contract and not let him play anywhere.
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They absolutely should have to pay it. Call it a stupid tax. F this guy, but he signed a contract in good faith and the Bruins shouldn't be let off because they got bullied into doing the right thing.
 
To the people who actually follow the Red Wings (I watch and root, but barely follow)....

What's going on??? Is this current form going to hold for the season, or at least long enough to return to the playoffs? Pretty darned nice to see them do so well- and they are still the 6th youngest team in the NHL. Not only there was a big hole in talent that Yzerman has been forced to fill.

Given the last few seasons, this early success is pretty encouraging.
 
MichVandal said:
To the people who actually follow the Red Wings (I watch and root, but barely follow)....

What's going on??? Is this current form going to hold for the season, or at least long enough to return to the playoffs? Pretty darned nice to see them do so well- and they are still the 6th youngest team in the NHL. Not only there was a big hole in talent that Yzerman has been forced to fill.

Given the last few seasons, this early success is pretty encouraging.
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Kick the Wild's ass this season. Wild are pretending to be relevant so they can max revenue. It's what they're good at.
 
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