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What a season for Reinhart

Aye, lot of financial incentive for current owners

We'll get them though, probably 2-4 over the next 10-15 years, if it takes that long Lot of money in expansion

Here's hoping!

The London Police Service says it will hold a press conference on Feb. 5 to provide an update on the 2018 World Juniors sexual assault allegations. https://www.londonpolice.ca/en/news/anticipated-press-conference.aspx

Agreed. I'm sorry to hear you had to experience that, but I'm also glad to hear your came to a conclusion that's helped you move forward. Abuse can be, but isn't always, cyclical. I hope you've been able to heal, whatever that means to you. Heavy topic though, and personal, so I'll leave it at that.

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I feel like both of these points are worth emphasizing because the lives of both parties go on when legal proceedings wrap up one way or another. What do folks think happen to folks who end up in the legal system? They don't just disappear, many of them get involved with specialists like psychologists, counselors, social workers, parole officers, community organizations, law enforcement, and a slew of other professions. It's not necessarily always going to be an easy thing to do, but it's important that the individuals who end up working with perpetrators of criminal acts strive to utilize the empathy skill. Does that mean these professionals excuse the behaviour? Of course not. But they still work with these populations in a number of different capacities and settings. Abusers, victimizers, and people who do things that are generally frowned upon by society are still people who need support, that support often comes in the form of professional help. It often involves their communities, their families, their coworkers, their friends. Particularly when taking less conventional approaches to justice, such as Indigenous justice or mediation. In many cases perpetrators have also been victims, and while I'm not going to present that as a factor in this scenario, it often is the case. We don't live in a world of black and white, there's a lot of grey. At the end of the day individuals who commit acts many consider heinous are still people who have needs and rights.

I'd just assume that Jersey didn't know as much as some folks think they knew tbh, if things were in the hands of the law and legal system there's a good chance some details weren't set in stone Jersey was in a position where both were pending RFA's, they were going to have to sign them sooner or later and it's hard to say whether they knew when the news would drop or not when they extended said players At the end of the day it's an easy fix, if either or both players are charged it'll probably be a pretty straightforward termination process

I'm not an Oil fan by any stretch, but their coaching staff has done a much better job at getting more out of the players they have. I think the Ekholm addition also plays a part, I don't think that was an insignificant addition. Nurse is absolutely overpaid, but he may not be as awful as he's been made out to be either. Even Skinner is looking capable, whereas if you ask me earlier in the season I'd probably have said the Oil should be looking for yet another solution in net. It's interesting, we've seen some of the same here as well. Boeser's gone from being a guy who should be shipped out to a guy folks think should stay going forward. It's hard to pin the good and the bad on players or coaches, sometimes it's one or the other, sometimes it's a bit of both. If nothing else, the Oilers players bought in and the results have been positive for them.

Credible enough for there to have been a lengthy investigation.

I think it's gonna have to be an actions speak louder than words thing going forward. It took a while for Hockey Canada to cave on their leadership if I remember correctly. Replacing figureheads is well and good, but if it's a systemic issue Hockey Canada is going to have to do better at accomplishing systemic change.

I wasn't pointing fingers at you, don't get me wrong. I respect your takes. But yeah, hopefully just decent person who did bad thing.

I don't disagree, sexual harassment isn't appropriate, the scenario begs questioning though for me I suppose. As far as I can tell Perry hasn't had a track record of behaviour like this, folks can say what they want about him as a player on the ice, but I've never really heard anything negative about him off the ice. I view this scenario as Perry being a guy who did something shitty, but I don't necessarily view him as a shitty person because of it. He wasn't charged with anything, nothing criminal came of it, but I also don't necessarily believe legal implications are what define people as "good" or "bad", the law frequently gets things wrong too. But even "wrong" is a matter of debate. On the flip side, we have these young guys in the news with hockey Canada who may end up being charged with sexual assault. I'd have said the same thing about them prior to this, hadn't heard negative things, but sexual assault is clearly a more serious matter. Saying something appropriate versus doing something of that weight isn't the same, but I also recognize that both are negative things. I understand the argument that folks are defined by their actions, and I agree to an extent, but I also question where the line is. We all know folks who have done things they aren't proud of, things that your or I may not do, things that may have even been criminal, but most people aren't static. I also recognize that the line isn't black and white, and that it's likely different for everyone. Most of us probably take this sort of thing on a case by case basis, all scenarios aren't equal or the same. Principles, beliefs, ideals, and ideologies are complicated things, maybe for some more than others, but we don't live in a world of black and white, there's a lot of grey in-between. Hockey culture can absolutely be toxic, but how much of x or y makes a person toxic? This is a bit off topic, but it's where my head went. It's interesting to reflect upon.

I don't see anything wrong with wanting Canada's league's to be competitive with the US's when it comes to things like development quality and scholarships. Most players aren't going to make the bigs, why wouldn't you take the athlete university ride and get an education if that were an option? Hockey is expensive to play but that doesn't mean players in lower leagues are all silver spoon types, for several guys it's likely the best way to build a career without taking on student dept.

I don't think we've seen the end of the fallout, this will linger over Hockey Canada for a while

He did something, absolutely, I just question the gravity of it within the context of his being part of a Blackhawks organization shrouded in controversy Hawks can't afford bad PR, if he'd been part of another franchise it may have just been a slap on the wrist I just question the speed some folks around the hockey community demonized him, the league clearly doesn't want bad PR either, I reckon that if there'd been any weight to what occurred he wouldn't be an Oiler Which isn't to say he didn't violate contract law, if he hadn't the Hawks wouldn't have had a case for termination

Whether Cal gets charged or not, his father will always be his father

I don't know, if it were another franchise I'd question it more, Chicago will likely do anything they can to avoid bad press at this point The cover up is going to loom over that franchise for years, I wouldn't be surprised if they were trigger happy

I wouldn't be surprised to see Adam step back for a bit, wouldn't be surprised to see him ride it out either

Oilers have allowed three goals or less in 16 straight games