Prospect Info: Joshua Roy

[FrankMTL]

So his agent (Olivier Fortier) said Roy never was informed what the date of the event was? Smells like bullshit to me.

Anyways, this didn't need to be any sort of big deal had they come out right away with a response of some sort apologizing to all the fans that showed up specifying that there was a mix up with the date and time and that they will communicate a new date and time that he will show up on.

Regardless, it's a Monday morning and the news outlets are fishing for stories to attract listeners and readers.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

No but honestly who is getting a Josh Roy AHL autograph? I blame the fans that went. You couldn't pay me to take that

 

[Be a Hab]

My bet is that Josh Roy finishes the year in MTL. Actually, I think he's part of the team by Christmas. He is too good for the AHL.

 

[morhilane]

So his agent (Olivier Fortier) said Roy never was informed what the date of the event was? Smells like bullshit to me.

It's usually the agent who inform their client of their schedule. If Roy was never informed, it's because Fortier never told him. It's also probably means Roy should start looking for a new agent.

 

[Deus ex machina]

It's usually the agent who inform their client of their schedule. If Roy was never informed, it's because Fortier never told him. It's also probably means Roy should start looking for a new agent.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1848361859960733819

Truman is saying Roy knew about it.
We'll see... but his agent wasn't very convincing. It reeked of damage control.
He might end up looking very bad trying to defend his client.

 

[BLONG7]

Management will not be happy with this.

Coles notes, translation?
Thx

 

[overlords]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1848361859960733819

Truman is saying Roy knew about it.
We'll see... but his agent wasn't very convincing. It reeked of damage control.
He might end up looking very bad trying to defend his client.

Time to scrap your agent to save face

 

[Seb]

What a boring scandal.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

What a boring scandal.

Seriously who cares

 

[ReHabs]

There's a commentator who insists that Roy has a taste for partying a bit too much. I wonder if allegedly missing this date is another data point toward that assertion... in addition to his inexplicably tepid performance in training camp.

 

[LaP]

Seriously who cares

The same crowd who ran Patrice Brisebois under a bus for 20 years will more than certainly care a lot.

 

[overlords]

What a boring scandal.

I tried to find a gif of jacques demers crying but came up short, forgive me.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Management will not be happy with this.

Surely they're not. But it should also be clarified this isn't an event scheduled through the organization. It's not the Habs nor the Rocket who organized this.

Players are allowed to take bookings for autograph and picture sessions outside of the organization. In these cases, it's usually a store or promoter who arranges with the agent/player. As long as it doesn't conflict with the schedule of the team, players can take bookings and get paid for it.

Now even though it's an independent booking, the player(s) still represent the organization. So the Canadiens/Rocket are still not going to be happy about this even if it's not booked through them.

 

[Paddyjack]

The same crowd who ran Patrice Brisebois under a bus for 20 years will more than certainly care a lot.

And likely the same crowd who think that Mailloux should still in jail or flipping burgers instead of the NHL

 

[Adam Michaels]

Seriously who cares

I CARE!!!

 

[Tabarouette]

Seriously who cares

well we don't score goals so we have to entertain ourselves somehow

 

[dinodebino]

The incident itself is not important. What COULD be is the fallout. Certain media types are going to dig deeper in the kid’s extracurricular hobbies. It’s Mtl. Then it could get uglier for the kid. Truman and his cronies are champs at the TMZ stuff.
Kid already carries a certain rep in the local hockey circles. That is not hearsay. That is exactly why he got drafted so late. Everbody knew in the Q, thus the reason why he got traded.
Even MSL alluded to Roy needing to be a pro hockey player on and off the ice.
Stupid noise for nothing. Again, Habs’ brass must not be happy.

 

[Toene]

There are rumors that he's a big partier. Seems like he was out with Alexis Lafrenière saturday night. Just hearsay on BPM radio but still.

I get shit faced once every week-end and I can still have a job with responsabilities. I certainly dont judge him. But you have to "assume" like we say in french, be an adult and get up and do what you promised to do, or at least wake up and call to alert the people counting on you and apologize to them. It happens. I missed work because of hangovers before, but never skipped a shift without telling anyone.

 

[Runner77]

The incident itself is not important. What COULD be is the fallout. Certain media types are going to dig deeper in the kid’s extracurricular hobbies. It’s Mtl. Then it could get uglier for the kid. Truman and his cronies are champs at the TMZ stuff.
Kid already carries a certain rep in the local hockey circles. That is not hearsay. That is exactly why he got drafted so late. Everbody knew in the Q, thus the reason why he got traded.
Even MSL alluded to Roy needing to be a pro hockey player on and off the ice.
Stupid noise for nothing. Again, Habs’ brass must not be happy.

The incident, if one wants to call it that, is fixable.

I’ve seen public figures and their expert handlers, always get ahead of a contentious item so that they control how the story is disseminated and limit the ensuing damage. Here, Roy’s agent reacted rather than act.

Roy’s agent appears to be woefully unprepared for the backlash. Add to that a sensationalist rapper-blogger who built a high revenue generating site by harping on these kind of stories and you get what we have now.

 

[Team_Spirit]

What a boring scandal.

Wawa can't even make a proper scandal what a wuss!

Bring back Galchenyuk and Kassian

 

[MD thaivuN]

Roy's agent really pulled the "we're just bad at our job" excuse.

 

[junyab]

This type of stuff happens. Nicholas Hague was scheduled to attend an event in Kitchener to show off the Stanley Cup and sign autographs. The event was supposed to be 3hrs but he bolted after 1hr. So when we showed up he had already left.

I'm not going to hold any ill will with Roy for this. Sucks, but whatever.

 

[Habnot]

Ask yourself why this story is out there. The only person to gain for traction on this story is Truman to attract clicks to his site.

He responds by throwing a bunch of unsubstantiated rumors. What a bottom feeder. Nice way to make a living.

 

[Mikah]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1848361859960733819

Truman is saying Roy knew about it.
We'll see... but his agent wasn't very convincing. It reeked of damage control.
He might end up looking very bad trying to defend his client.

Truman is running a gossip website. 99% of his content is pure fiction or stolen from elsewhere.

Why is this even worth mentionning? Who cares?

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Not tryna diss anybody but BPM spanre catters to the absolute lowest of low village idiots . Its like L'Antichambre but a little more "Jeune et Branché"