Jack Campbell enters player assistance program

[Koivu11]

 

[GreeningOil]

Hopefully he can get the help he needs. I loved his attitude and personality.

Get better Soup!

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Always liked the guy. All the best Soup.

 

[The Management]

Always pulling for Jack. Hope he gets the help he needs.

 

[banks]

I love Campbell. He was a personal favorite of mine while he was with Toronto.

Get what you need, Jack! Hope to see you in the NHL again soon!

 

[LeonDraisaitl]

I do wish him the best. His situation couldn’t have been easy on the psyche

 

[Canadienna]

Sure, there are some pretty sweet benefits to getting a big contract, but having your inadequacies mocked every time your name comes up in the media can't be easy.

Could be unrelated too, but that sure would get to me. I wish him the best.

 

[TMLeafer]

Get better soon, Soupy. You got this

 

[hamzarocks]

Dang, hopefully Jack can get better and overcome his issues

I may be misremembering, but I thinj he had past substance/alcohol issues in Dallas which hurt him and caused his NHL debut and play to be pushed back a few years.

 

[Hennessy]

Sure, there are some pretty sweet benefits to getting a big contract, but having your inadequacies mocked every time your name comes up in the media can't be easy.

Could be unrelated too, but that sure would get to me. I wish him the best.

I think people tend not to think of players as human, or think that getting paid millions shields you from everything.
I don't know why Campbell is in the PAP, but the stress of underperforming and seeing the criticism would certainly put many of us there.

 

[Frank Drebin]

I love Campbell. He was a personal favorite of mine while he was with Toronto.

Get what you need, Jack! Hope to see you in the NHL again soon!

I think and hope that after not completing two consecutive contracts his nhl days are over

He’s better off away from the game

 

[fahad203]

Very likeable guy. Very nice guy
I think it's time he hangs them up and focus on his life.

Very good guy

 

[centipede2233]

I think people tend not to think of players as human, or think that getting paid millions shields you from everything.
I don't know why Campbell is in the PAP, but the stress of underperforming and seeing the criticism would certainly put many of us there.

Many of us are not making $5 million a year …

 

[Coffee]

I'm sorry, but you guys need to shut up with the fanbase verse fanbase nonsense in this thread.

Get better, Soup, we love ya and you will come back stronger

 

[D Wakaluk]

Damn. Always liked the guy.

Hope'd he'd pull off a more disney sort of ending to that whole Edmonton saga. So far it's just good ol' ugly life

 

[centipede2233]

I’m just curious, if he had 3 yrs left at 5 mil per and he got bought out, how much money does he receive?

 

[Bear of Bad News]

I'm sorry, but you guys need to shut up with the fanbase verse fanbase nonsense in this thread.

Agreed. Anyone with comments in before this line right here has amnesty (although the comments are going to be deleted).

Be nice, folks. This isn't the thread for it. (And you can consider that an official warning.)

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Whenever Players Assistant Program comes up, everyone starts speculating.

That's human nature.

I'm not going to speculate. I'm just going to drop this article here and hope someone reads it because people go on about caring about mental health, but it doesn't feel like that goes beyond a day dedicated to recognizing it.

Some people have to battle it on a daily basis, and sometimes they break down but always get back up because they have grown such a thick skin from it.

Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark | By Corey Hirsch

I can still recall the exact moment that my brain started lying to me.

www.theplayerstribune.com

 

[centipede2233]

Can someone tell me a player who entered the PAP and actually have a long productive career after? Cause I feel like every player I think of that was the beginning of the end, bobby ryan, carey price, Kuznetsov…

 

[ManofSteel55]

Whenever Players Assistant Program comes up, everyone starts speculating.

That's human nature.

I'm not going to speculate. I'm just going to drop this article here and hope someone reads it because people go on about caring about mental health, but it doesn't feel like that goes beyond a day dedicated to recognizing it.

Some people have to battle it on a daily basis, and sometimes they break down but always get back up because they have grown such a thick skin from it.

Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark | By Corey Hirsch

I can still recall the exact moment that my brain started lying to me.

www.theplayerstribune.com

Thanks for sharing this article again.

 

[Sunan]

adictions suck, get well soon Jack!

 

[ManofSteel55]

Can someone tell me a player who entered the PAP and actually have a long productive career after? Cause I feel like every player I think of that was the beginning of the end, bobby ryan, carey price, Kuznetsov…

I think it would be hard to have a successful career in pro hockey when you have the type of issues that the PA Porgram is supposed to be there to help with. I hope the program is designed to help the guys get passed whatever issue they are facing on a personal level, without considering hockey at all. Coming back from depressions/addiction/etc to become a high caliber athlete would be pretty much impossible.

 

[JPT]

Whenever Players Assistant Program comes up, everyone starts speculating.

That's human nature.

I'm not going to speculate. I'm just going to drop this article here and hope someone reads it because people go on about caring about mental health, but it doesn't feel like that goes beyond a day dedicated to recognizing it.

Some people have to battle it on a daily basis, and sometimes they break down but always get back up because they have grown such a thick skin from it.

Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark | By Corey Hirsch

I can still recall the exact moment that my brain started lying to me.

www.theplayerstribune.com

"...when my brain started lying to me."

That's the best and simplest way to explain it, and I'd imagine it's still nearly impossible to comprehend if you haven't experienced it.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Thanks for sharing this article again.

I'm happy I had the chance to share it. I balled my eyes out reading it, because take out the running the car off the cliff thing, and being an NHL goalie, it was like reading my own battle. And it doesn't go away, you just learn to manage it.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Corey Hirsch's book is also quite good. So is Clint Malarchuk's.