Around the League 36-But Who's Counting...

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Murray to LTIR already.

Convenient.

 

[WreckingCrew]

No evidence found supporting the accusations against Ian Cole by the NHL, who have closed the matter.

In the statement they say they made multiple attempts to reach out to the accuser and were unsuccessful in establishing contact.

I wonder if Brittany Egan would like to issue an apology

 

[SoupNazi]

Murray to LTIR already.

You hate to see it happen to Tranna.

 

[CupInSIX]

Convenient.

Only for a month or so.
(the hitman will have to club him harder next time to get him to Robidas island)

 

[Tryamw]

Murray to LTIR already.

Good move Toronto. Replacing Campbell with Murray

 

[Blueline Bomber]

No evidence found supporting the accusations against Ian Cole by the NHL, who have closed the matter.

In the statement they say they made multiple attempts to reach out to the accuser and were unsuccessful in establishing contact.

Not much the league could do there. If the accuser doesn't provide more than what's on the social media post, there's nothing to continue the investigation

 

[Lempo]

Not much the league could do there. If the accuser doesn't provide more than what's on the social media post, there's nothing to continue the investigation

I will stake a claim: the accuser will come out again with a half-assed excuse why she couldn't be reached and a statement where the NHL is at fault here when shutting down the investigation and they are essentially covering for Cole.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

I'm glad for the sake of hockey and humanity that the accusation against Ian Cole appears to be bullshit. The timing seemed way too coincidental with the Abby Labar drama to not at least consider that some sadsack could've wanted to be an attention whore and wreck a player's career out of some sort of jealousy or envy. If you're not willing to show your face and even meet with the organization about your claim, you are probably a lying POS. Other organizations should follow the Lightning's lead in giving their employee the benefit of the doubt and waiting for more evidence before throwing him under the bus.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

MAF is proving that goalies over 35 are very voodoo.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Oilers/Flames 1-1 just over 3 minutes in. Lots of little skirmishes. Could be a fun game to watch.

EDIT: 2-1 now.

 

[Lempo]

I'm glad for the sake of hockey and humanity that the accusation against Ian Cole appears to be bullshit. The timing seemed way too coincidental with the Abby Labar drama to not at least consider that some sadsack could've wanted to be an attention whore and wreck a player's career out of some sort of jealousy or envy. If you're not willing to show your face and even meet with the organization about your claim, you are probably a lying POS. Other organizations should follow the Lightning's lead in giving their employee the benefit of the doubt and waiting for more evidence before throwing him under the bus.

But who would carry a grievance against Ian Cole?

 

[MinJaBen]

Oilers/Flames 1-1 just over 3 minutes in. Lots of little skirmishes. Could be a fun game to watch.

EDIT: 2-1 now.

:boythatescalatedquickly.gif

4-1 now.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Edmonton, Minnesota, and Toronto

Who is paying more for Gibson from Anaheim? When does it start?

 

[MinJaBen]

Edmonton, Minnesota, and Toronto

Who is paying more for Gibson from Anaheim? When does it start?

The losers will be the winner, and the winner will be the loser. Gibson won’t move the needle in any of those situations.

 

[raynman]

Edmonton, Minnesota, and Toronto

Who is paying more for Gibson from Anaheim? When does it start?

*plot twist*
Canes PA Announcer: You’re 2023 opening night starting goaltender John Gibson!

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Edmonton, Minnesota, and Toronto

Who is paying more for Gibson from Anaheim? When does it start?

Having watched tonight’s game, Gibson would look terrible behind any of those teams. He looked bad tonight, and the Ducks defense certainly didn’t help. So there’s little reason why he’d look better on any team with questionable defense.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Having watched tonight’s game, Gibson would look terrible behind any of those teams. He looked bad tonight, and the Ducks defense certainly didn’t help. So there’s little reason why he’d look better on any team with questionable defense.

Gibson's inconsistent sometimes: he was totally out of his damned mind vs Seattle a few days ago, but his team constantly getting reamed in your own end has to take a toll on his numbers. I would be curious to see how quickly those numbers in a team like Carolina's (again, Andersen could get wildly overpaid in UFA if he has another year like last year and actually stays healthy for the playoffs, so the Canes making a Gibson trade isn't some crazy scenario) end up reverting back to elite status.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Sounds like Murray is already injured in Toronto and they don’t have anyone to call up to backup Samsonov as their two ahl goalies are also hurt.

Is this the year Dubas finally runs out of chances?

LaFontaine available ?

 

[Stickpucker]

But who would carry a grievance against Ian Cole?

Hmm

Do do do doooo
Do do do doooo
Do do do doooo

Behind door number 1 we have Abby
Behind door number 2 we have his x wife
Behind door number 3 is the mystery guest

 

[Borsig]

No evidence found supporting the accusations against Ian Cole by the NHL, who have closed the matter.

In the statement they say they made multiple attempts to reach out to the accuser and were unsuccessful in establishing contact.

Wow. It's like I predicted that suspending a guy (I dont care if it was with pay or not) over a single post on a brand new twitter account was a bad idea.

Im shocked they found no evidence. Shocked. Totally.

 

[tarheelhockey]

No evidence found supporting the accusations against Ian Cole by the NHL, who have closed the matter.

In the statement they say they made multiple attempts to reach out to the accuser and were unsuccessful in establishing contact.

How does one attempt to reach out to an anonymous accuser?

 

[WreckingCrew]

How does one attempt to reach out to an anonymous accuser?

I would assume reaching out to the Twitter account making the accusations?

 

[Lempo]

How does one attempt to reach out to an anonymous accuser?

@ NHL: "DM us"

 

[tarheelhockey]

I would assume reaching out to the Twitter account making the accusations?

But you can’t even do that unless they follow you.

@Lempo has the gist of it in the post above, but AFAIK that didn’t happen.

My guess is they took the situation at face value: the accusation is anonymous and there’s no trail of bread crumbs to investigate. If the accuser had wanted to be part of an investigation, they wouldn’t have done it this way in the first place. The point was never to have him convicted of something, just to make the statement.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

But you can’t even do that unless they follow you.

@Lempo has the gist of it in the post above, but AFAIK that didn’t happen.

My guess is they took the situation at face value: the accusation is anonymous and there’s no trail of bread crumbs to investigate. If the accuser had wanted to be part of an investigation, they wouldn’t have done it this way in the first place. The point was never to have him convicted of something, just to make the statement.

Honestly odds are it’s some dude like Gerald from South Park. Maybe even a Russian bot or some shit like that