Corey Perry releases apology, says he is working with mental health and alcohol abuse specialists

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

So why days of vulgar rumors involving an 18 year-old teammate's mother? Perry and the Blackhawks could have quashed them far earlier.

Because Perry did something that was about to get him fired from his job and potentially end his NHL career. He might not have been putting the base desires of the internet mob at the top of his list.

 

[Otto]

This whole thing has turned into a joke. There is nothing wrong with Perry having sex with another player's mother. There is nothing wrong with Perry having sex with a Black Hawk employee. So what exactly has he done if there are no criminal charges?

Educated guess is neither of those things

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

My guess is that he said something stupid to the team or coaches. I don't think this is as bad as some people are wanting it to be. I also doubt Corey Perry is an alcoholic, so using that as an excuse is pretty lame in my honest opinion.

If it's affecting his work, nevermind costing him his job, then it is a problem.

 

[Oddbob]

This whole thing has turned into a joke. There is nothing wrong with Perry having sex with another player's mother. There is nothing wrong with Perry having sex with a Black Hawk employee. So what exactly has he done if there are no criminal charges?

Maybe he pulled out his hotdog, and tried to put it in the wrong bun.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

I’m all confused, did Bedards mom burn the popcorn at the corp event? You’d think they’d have those things catered.

 

[kingsholygrail]

If it's alcoholism feeding a mental issue, it could be almost anything, but if you're having a hard time imagining what the possibilities could be, imagine showing up to work completely blitzed. That's often enough to get anyone terminated.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Saying "I have an addiction" is just another form of "Well, I was drunk" in trying to shift the blame away from yourself. "It wasn't me, it was the addiction. It wasn't me, it was the alcohol." No, it was you who f***ed up.

Maybe for some.

People who have lifelong addiction, and probably mental health issues (both of which are incurable and lifelong struggles that you simply try to manage as best you can) it's just not like that and you shouldn't judge a person who struggles with that, and yet it's ok to judge because they should do better. They know it and you know it. But don't dismiss it like that...........

 

[TooManyHumans]

So...just for clarification...are you a fan of Corey Perry, a relative, a teammate, or another part of the Black Hawks organization?

Yes.

 

[robertocarlos]

"All of you would give your right nut to be in the NHL. You don't know how hard it is" - Brain Burke.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

"All of you would give your right nut to be in the NHL. You don't know how hard it is" - Brain Burke.

Which begs the question, why would I give my right nut to do something really hard?

At least say "You'd all give your right nut for this amount of money".

 

[MarotteMarauder]

The rumour I heard involved a female employee who is very well known in the Blackhawks organization and if it’s true there’s a great chance she asked for them not to comment more on what happen so she can continue to focus on her career and not be at the center of media attention from what happened.

...and Perry is very lucky to avoid a major beat down by her Dad.

 

[winnipegger]

I know what I should do now, speculate on something that I have a vague understanding of! I think it's probably aliens but not sure!

 

[hockeyisgud]

I know what I should do now, speculate on something that I have a vague understanding of! I think it's probably aliens but not sure!

Or a lab in Wuhan?

 

[TheBeard]

I hope he gets a chance to play again. When he’s in the right frame of mind he’s a boon for any contender.

 

[robertocarlos]

I hope he gets a chance to play again. When he’s in the right frame of mind he’s a boon for any contender.

It should end with a bang, not a whimper.

 

[Cogliano13Gagner89]

 

[yianik]

Like I said before, not criminal but gone like that makes you wonder about racism, sexism, or something ending in phobic.

Nothing wrong with people wondering what happened.

Alcohol is involved in half the crap that ever happens so no surprise. Involves an employee.

Perry was drunk and got out of line with an employee but didn't do enough to warrant getting charged. The employee doesn't want to go public with it.

Could be dead wrong but reasonable, especially part about employee not wanting to go public.

So done.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

The level of speculation on this forum and other areas of the hockey internet is f***ing embarrassing. You all act like 13 year old gossiping school girls.

 

[Zalos]

Perry is near the end of his career anyway. He's talking as if he still has years to go.

I wonder if any team picks him up after this.

 

[aenesidemus]

He was seen pissing in a plant pot...and that's that.

 

[Frankenheimer]

"All of you would give your right nut to be in the NHL."

He's not wrong. That's a lot of money and my right nut is expendable. Would probably also give up a kidney, a toe or two, pinky, and probably an ear.

 

[Crosby2010]

It isn't all that hard to speculate and probably come to a close conclusion as to what happened. He drank a lot, has had an issue with this apparently and is realizing this. He most likely got smashed, hit on the WRONG person (we can guess it is an employee with ties to management) or slept with the wrong person's wife. If he just was drinking they wouldn't be saying things like how "disgusting" of an event it was. Something bothersome happened, and I would say it is beyond getting drunk and getting in a fight. It isn't illegal so it isn't rape or assault by the sounds of it, and I think the Hawks would make sure that doesn't get swept under the rug again. Anyway, that is my guess, it involved a woman and a drunken (possible) one-night stand and the person whose wife it is might have a lot of pull.

The reality of the situation could be - and I emphasize the word "could" - is that it isn't nearly as bad as we think and the Hawks are going out of their way to make up for the Beach situation. In other words it is possible what Perry did would just be shrugged at by 31 other NHL teams and he'd get nothing more than a wag of the finger. The Hawks have an image to clean up so maybe they are making an example in order to look like the good guys.

Or it is the thing I mentioned in the first paragraph.

 

[TrufleShufle]

This whole thing has turned into a joke. There is nothing wrong with Perry having sex with another player's mother. There is nothing wrong with Perry having sex with a Black Hawk employee. So what exactly has he done if there are no criminal charges?

If it's not the thing the internet made up and I fell for, I demand to know what it is.

 

[Ail]

If it's not the thing the internet made up and I fell for, I demand to know what it is.

He performed the "truffle shuffle" in front of the event crowd.

 

[TrufleShufle]

He performed the "truffle shuffle" in front of the event crowd.

Context is very important. pants or no pants.