Cory Perry

[Darcy Tucker]

That's all the known speculation stuff, that other poster made it sound like the news is out there about what he actually did so I was curious

I honestly don't think there's much more to it than him acting like an idiot on booze. Otherwise it would be a major talking point.

 

[Menzinger]

IMO, if it was addiction NHLPA would be all over it and he'd be treatment.

Again, we don't know squat, but with the history in Chicago and there is ongoing fall-out ...

He he likely wouldn't have voluntarily voided his contract the way he did it it wasn't for good reason. He was under no formal obligation to do so

Plenty of guys break team codes and rules every year and get passed it for minor stuff like partying too much (ie Kadri and Kapanen getting internal team suspensions and then moving on), this seems like it was something different.

And the fact that the Perry camp seems to prefer the cone of silence (and the idle speculation that comes with it) to clearing the air in public also raises an eyebrow....

 

[barilko05]

To be fair, after what? Like you said we don't even know what he did

But it had to serious enough to terminate a contract...with no apparent pushback from the NHLPA (as of yet). That says to me it probably entails a little more than just being drunk in public. But we'll see. If it turns out that it was alcohol related (seems likely) but it didn't involve physical assault or abuse, and he's getting help, then yeah...I think he could be a useful piece. He's a dirtbag on the ice...and we could sure use a little bit more of that.

 

[93gilmour93]

Embrace the chaos. He could show up at his first media scrum in Toronto wearing this.

 

[LeafChief]

Corey Perry makes this a better hockey team.

 

[nuck]

He he likely wouldn't have voluntarily voided his contract the way he did it it wasn't for good reason. He was under no formal obligation to do so

Plenty of guys break team codes and rules every year and get passed it for minor stuff like partying too much (ie Kadri and Kapanen getting internal team suspensions and then moving on), this seems like it was something different.

And the fact that the Perry camp seems to prefer the cone of silence (and the idle speculation that comes with it) to clearing the air in public also raises an eyebrow....

He already has over $2M for 16 games played and he is a UFA so no money incentive to fight it. Chicago would be hypersensitive to anything not right and probably the easiest club in the league to get thumped by over bad behavior so what other players got away with isn't apples to apples.

He wasn't brought in at twice what he was worth to teach the young guys how to be a drunk dick. I wouldn't read to much into it simply based on the termination. Grieve it and even if he wins would he want to do the walk of shame to get back to the last place club?

 

[therealkoho]

Providing leadership was what he was supposed to be doing for Conor, providing zero leadership is why Chicago fired his arse.

He makes no team better.

 

[Da Cool Rula]

Ryan Reaves went down Tonight. How on earth will we survive…… put in a call for Cory.

 

[rumman]

IMO, if it was addiction NHLPA would be all over it and he'd be treatment.

Again, we don't know squat, but with the history in Chicago and there is ongoing fall-out ...

Also, if it was booze/drug related it’s not grounds for dismissal. Addiction is a disease and you can’t terminate someone for medical reason……..

 

[Menzinger]

He already has over $2M for 16 games played and he is a UFA so no money incentive to fight it. Chicago would be hypersensitive to anything not right and probably the easiest club in the league to get thumped by over bad behavior so what other players got away with isn't apples to apples.

He wasn't brought in at twice what he was worth to teach the young guys how to be a drunk dick. I wouldn't read to much into it simply based on the termination. Grieve it and even if he wins would he want to do the walk of shame to get back to the last place club?

It's not so much the money but the reputational value of how things ended.

The ways it went down he's basically ended his chance at playing another game. Seems unlikely to me a player would play ball like this for no real benefit to themselves (Unless the unknown facts of whatever happened are worse).

Edit: and obviously nobody in the outside of this knows anything for sure one way or the other, but I'm really skeptical this went down like this without good reason

 

[nsleaf]

Must of have been pretty bad, to get fired by the Hawks.

 

[TakeTheBody]

Liquor In The Front.

Poker In The Rear.

He stays home on mom trips.

 

[LeafEgo]

Bizarre situation. Does anyone even remember the Nuke incident?

He would slot in perfectly. Just need to know the details really. Very strange all around.

 

[Leafs98]

I'm sure its a total league embaressemt. Mayor and Mafia working together to keep hush. Perry done. Now if the nhlpa files the grievance its coming out.

 

[WillyC]

I don’t think we’re ever going to hear about Perry again.. unless it’s details of what happened.

IMO, he never plays another NHL game.

 

[Evilhomer]

I don’t think we’re ever going to hear about Perry again.. unless it’s details of what happened.

IMO, he never plays another NHL game.

I tend to agree with this. When you have this kind of silence, it means something serious happened. Whatever he did, I don't think another team is going near him anytime soon.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

Cory Perry is not a fit for this team. How many physical/tough players do you need to see come and go without playing their style of game here before you realize the team either can't or won't play Perry's style of game? I personally believe the Leafs get held to a different standard so the organization has a policy in place to avoid contact, fighting and anything that will send you to the box. Look no further than Bunting getting a 2 game suspension in the playoffs last season for the exact same thing Staal did to Marner without even a penalty called,

So what's the point of a guy like Perry on the team?

 

[colchar]

Addiction is a disease

The great cop out which means that nobody has to take responsibility for their own actions, or lack of action (with regards to doing the hard work of quitting).

I smoked a pack a day for more than thirty years. Apparently nicotine is more addicting than heroin, and I was heavily addicted. But I could have stopped at any time if I had simply had the guts to do so, and had the courage to go through the withdrawal. That I didn't was not down to a disease, it was down to a lack of willpower.

And for the record, I quit cold turkey two years and seven months ago. I haven't had so much as a single drag on a cigarette since I quit. I managed to do it because I finally stopped falling for the 'addiction is a disease over which we have no control' crutch and grew the balls required to go through the withdrawal. Turns out it was so much easier than I had expected. I only wish I had grown those balls years earlier, but maybe I just wasn't ready then.

But when I was addicted I did not have a disease, I simply lacked the willpower to go through the withdrawal and to live without my little crutch. That was all it was - willpower.

 

[rumman]

The great cop out which means that nobody has to take responsibility for their own actions, or lack of action (with regards to doing the hard work of quitting).

I smoked a pack a day for more than thirty years. Apparently nicotine is more addicting than heroin, and I was heavily addicted. But I could have stopped at any time if I had simply had the guts to do so, and had the courage to go through the withdrawal. That I didn't was not down to a disease, it was down to a lack of willpower.

And for the record, I quit cold turkey two years and seven months ago. I haven't had so much as a single drag on a cigarette since I quit. I managed to do it because I finally stopped falling for the 'addiction is a disease over which we have no control' crutch and grew the balls required to go through the withdrawal. Turns out it was so much easier than I had expected. I only wish I had grown those balls years earlier, but maybe I just wasn't ready then.

But when I was addicted I did not have a disease, I simply lacked the willpower to go through the withdrawal and to live without my little crutch. That was all it was - willpower.

Your preaching to the choir my friend, I completely agree, but that’s not the way today’s society sees it, and for the record I smoked for years and quit the same way you did on about the hundredth try……..

 

[therealkoho]

The great cop out which means that nobody has to take responsibility for their own actions, or lack of action (with regards to doing the hard work of quitting).

I smoked a pack a day for more than thirty years. Apparently nicotine is more addicting than heroin, and I was heavily addicted. But I could have stopped at any time if I had simply had the guts to do so, and had the courage to go through the withdrawal. That I didn't was not down to a disease, it was down to a lack of willpower.

And for the record, I quit cold turkey two years and seven months ago. I haven't had so much as a single drag on a cigarette since I quit. I managed to do it because I finally stopped falling for the 'addiction is a disease over which we have no control' crutch and grew the balls required to go through the withdrawal. Turns out it was so much easier than I had expected. I only wish I had grown those balls years earlier, but maybe I just wasn't ready then.

But when I was addicted I did not have a disease, I simply lacked the willpower to go through the withdrawal and to live without my little crutch. That was all it was - willpower.

I smoked for about 40 years, I don't think I ever got past the half pack a day, but still couldn't stop buying a pack when I was down to a few left.

The day I had my heart attack, was the day I quit, which has been 4 yrs and almost two months ago.

 

[TorMapleJays]

f*** this guy. He lobotomized our captain and you guys want this piece of shit on our roster? I would become an alcoholic as well if I was the reverse Pat Maroon.

They are friends.

Let those free from sin throw the first stone.

He makes us better, he’s what this team needs, and, watching the shrills shrill would be priceless.

I smoked for about 40 years, I don't think I ever got past the half pack a day, but still couldn't stop buying a pack when I was down to a few left.

The day I had my heart attack, was the day I quit, which has been 4 yrs and almost two months ago.

God willing you live for another 40 years in good health!

 

[TorMapleJays]

Honestly, he prob made The ol up down up down splash motion and some random boy took offence to it and got him canned.

 

[Evilhomer]

The great cop out which means that nobody has to take responsibility for their own actions, or lack of action (with regards to doing the hard work of quitting).

I smoked a pack a day for more than thirty years. Apparently nicotine is more addicting than heroin, and I was heavily addicted. But I could have stopped at any time if I had simply had the guts to do so, and had the courage to go through the withdrawal. That I didn't was not down to a disease, it was down to a lack of willpower.

And for the record, I quit cold turkey two years and seven months ago. I haven't had so much as a single drag on a cigarette since I quit. I managed to do it because I finally stopped falling for the 'addiction is a disease over which we have no control' crutch and grew the balls required to go through the withdrawal. Turns out it was so much easier than I had expected. I only wish I had grown those balls years earlier, but maybe I just wasn't ready then.

But when I was addicted I did not have a disease, I simply lacked the willpower to go through the withdrawal and to live without my little crutch. That was all it was - willpower.

I think it is important to make the distinction between mental health and addiction. The former is unquestionably a "disease", and the latter is often simply a consequence of the former. Anyway, none of that probably has anything to do with Corey Perry. If this was an addiction issue I am sure there would have been more disclosure about it.

 

[therealkoho]

They are friends.

Let those free some sin throw the first stone.

He makes us better, he’s what this team needs, and, watching the shrills shrill would be priceless.


God willing you live for another 40 years in good health!

That would make me 109, and really not sure I'd want it. I've seen it and it's never a good look really. 20 more though would be cool. The Leafs should finally win it all, humans could be living off planet possibly as far away as Mars. Exciting times.

 

[rumman]

That would make me 109, and really not sure I'd want it. I've seen it and it's never a good look really. 20 more though would be cool. The Leafs should finally win it all, humans could be living off planet possibly as far away as Mars. Exciting times.

tomorrow's promised to no one, enjoy the day, cherish the time..........