Around the NHL 2024-2025

[PocketNines]

FWIW "Petro is a greedy turncoat" is fifteen levels more horrible than the Binnington stuff. That is such a self serving pathetic story.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Except for those racist tweets from when he was younger as well. Maybe he was young and dumb, but they were not a good look either. That on top of his on-ice antics, he's an easy guy to dislike.

And this is rich coming from the guy who routinely trashes the captain that brought us a cup.

One more "I'm the smartest guy in the room" poster on the ignore list.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I don't even know what tweets you're talking about, just the childish on-ice temper tantrums he throws regularly when he's playing like shit. That didn't happen much last year because he played really well. I'd love for that to continue. If it doesn't, you can be sure those same childish, embarrassing stunts will come back and he'll just be a mediocre goalie making a ton of money and embarrassing himself and the team regularly. Plenty of guys in the league can give you mediocre goaltending without all the extra bullshit.

He made a couple dumb jokes about burkas as a teenager, like saying you could sneak into a bar or past airport security because no one would ask about it. Is just stupid teenager stuff, with no animosity for anyone.

If I’d made a joke about women drivers at that age I hope I wouldn’t be branded as a sexist for the rest of my life, because it would be extraordinarily inaccurate to base that kind of personal judgement on such a thin sampling of my character.

 

[542365]

I guess 5-10 times over the last 4-5 years qualifies as "reguarly?" I bet most goalies lose their temper from time to time, but it doesn't make them a "douchebag" as you said. Regardless, your anti-Binner bias is well-known and clearly ain't gonna change at this point. Hope he can prove you wrong again this year.

Several times a year?! Yes, that's pretty regularly. Everyone loses their temper. Not everyone throws shit at opponents, slashes guys after the whistle, whines to the opponent or referee, tries to start a fight down 5 goals etc. etc. etc. Off the ice he may well be a good guy. Seems like he is. On the ice he definitely can be a douchebag. That's part of the reason he was able to drag himself from the ECHL to a starting net in the NHL and big contract. That big head/cockiness, but to pretend it doesn't exist or that it's perfectly normal is ridiculous. You obviously like our city/team represented by immaturity and tantrums. I personally do not.

He made a couple dumb jokes about burkas as a teenager, like saying you could sneak into a bar or past airport security because no one would ask about it. Is just stupid teenager stuff, with no animosity for anyone.

If I’d made a joke about women drivers at that age I hope I wouldn’t be branded as a sexist for the rest of my life, because it would be extraordinarily inaccurate to base that kind of personal judgement on such a thin sampling of my character.

Ahh, yeah I think I kind of remember that being brought up years ago. It's stupid, but doesn't really color my opinion of him in any way.

 

[Majorityof1]

He made a couple dumb jokes about burkas as a teenager, like saying you could sneak into a bar or past airport security because no one would ask about it. Is just stupid teenager stuff, with no animosity for anyone.

If I’d made a joke about women drivers at that age I hope I wouldn’t be branded as a sexist for the rest of my life, because it would be extraordinarily inaccurate to base that kind of personal judgement on such a thin sampling of my character.

Look, I don't like digging into people's old social media profiles and pulling stuff up to say gotcha. But when soemone is talking about how great a guy he is off the ice with zero evidence as a way to attack my opinion of him, it becomes relevant. Maybe I got him worng. Maybe he is a good guy. But the stuff I have personally seen does not show up in a good light on or off the ice. He has no obligation to expain himself to me. But I have no obligation to like or root for him. The main point is I don't like goaltenders who swing their sticks at peoples faces and throw water bottles at them in post-game interviews like a 3-yeatr old having a tantrum. But even off the ice, there are red flags.

In a vacuum, yes, old tweets are nothing. But he never apologized. He just said its old, I'm focused on hockey. If you made sexist jokes as a teenager, and then are specifically triggered by women at work, it might mean a little more. Binnington's biggest flip outs and most egregious behavior are toward one of the only Muslim players in the league. These started before Kadri ran him. Kadri is a pest, maybe even a dirty player, so it could just be that which triggers Binnington, but it makes me wonder why Kadri is able to trigger him so much. And he never said those tweets were wrong, or he was sorry if they offended everyone.

More off ice stuff that rubs me wrong. He trolled Justin Bieber about his love of hockey saying if Bieber could score a shootout goal on him, he'd die his hair. Bieber turned it around and said loser donates to charity. Binnington then used that to push people to vote for him at the All-Star game with "If you want to see it happen folks then this fella needs some retweets and votes! ". But it never happened (at least based on my google searches). Google Binnington and charity, you don't see all the good things he's done with his money and fame. All you see is him clout-chasing a mega-star. This got a lot of attention, they could have made it out to a big thing to raise a lot of money for charity and bring some eyes to hockey. Binnington used it to get all-star votes and clout chase.

So while my big criticisms are on-ice, I don't see this great off-ice guy either. I don't have anywhere near the full pucture. I don't know him or know people who know him but the little stuff I see isn't great.