OT: Around Hockey and the NHL

[TheDaysOf 04]

Just take away Bedard

 

[JoVel]

The atmosphere in Prague and Ostrava when Czechia or Slovakia is playing is better than I remember seeing at any international, or really any hockey game in a long time. I hope at least one of those two teams goes far in the tournament.

 

[Felonious Python]

Just take away Bedard

There's a lot of extra information about the logo, which is basically irrelevant, and can muddy the impression, but here's what I'm reading:

In the lawsuit, Sanders said she was sexually harassed in 2022 by a man working with the organization.

The underline is mine, but the word 'with' is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Working 'for' is another thing.

In response to harassment allegations made by Ms. Sanders:

The Chicago Blackhawks have a zero tolerance policy for misconduct and take allegations of harassment in the workplace very seriously. In response to Ms. Sanders' allegations, the organization immediately conducted a thorough investigation with the assistance of outside counsel, including interviews with internal and external parties, and review of pertinent materials and digital records. Based on the information available to us, we found insufficient evidence to substantiate her claims. Of note, the persons identified by Ms. Sanders in your question are not, and have never been, independent contractors with nor employees of the Chicago Blackhawks.

At least two of the men accused of sexual harassment in the lawsuit worked for Native American entities that were receiving money the team's charity, CBS Chicago found. On Wednesday, CBS Chicago reached one of the men by phone, Joe Podlasek, who is the founder of the Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg. He denied the allegations.

So the issue is that she complained to her supervisor about inappropriate conduct at team events, and nothing was done about it.

 

[Peacefool]

watch at 1.34 mark...and we were b#tchin about no goal and fake GI at our series xD

 

[Felonious Python]

watch at 1.34 mark...and we were b#tchin about no goal and fake GI at our series xD

IIHF rules are not NHL rules, but this wouldn't be a goal in either.

IIHF is more of a straight forward 'can't be in the crease'. Like it's still 1998.

The NHL would consider a screen by a player in the crease, as goalie interference.

 

[Sky04]

Good insight on why locker room culture matters, crazy when you get a player like Miller who was immature when he was younger but surrounded by great leadership now turning into leader for a younger group.

"I was coming from playoffs teams!"

 

[LightningStrikes]

Craig Berube will be Toronto’s new head coach, 4 year deal.

 

[Felonious Python]

Craig Berube will be Toronto’s new head coach, 4 year deal.

I'm getting the feeling that Canadian teams, and Toronto in particular, are outside the nice coach/mean coach binary (which is good). You can't approach every player the same way all the time.

Toronto feels that they're under a lot of pressure from the fans and media, which didn't really exist in St. Louis. If fans think that Berube is going to be successful yelling and working the guys up all the time, they may need to adjust their expectations. Allegedly, Pat Maroon had to tell Berube to cool it in game 7 of the 2019 SCF.

NHL head coaches also don't usually win cups with multiple teams, outside of Scotty Bowman.

 

[Felonious Python]