It was truly crazy, and we live in a world where there are too many of us who take pleasure in other peoples pain. I think it is horrible that we gang up on people when they are at their lowest, even when they deserve it
Confirmed with Link: JT Miller to Take Indefinite Leave of Absence for Personal Reasons
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It was truly crazy, and we live in a world where there are too many of us who take pleasure in other peoples pain. I think it is horrible that we gang up on people when they are at their lowest, even when they deserve it
I don’t think normalizing “personal reasons” for actual on-ice related injuries is a good thing. If it’s injury related it’s not that hard to trace back. It’s not like “lower body injury” or “upper body injury” exposes all that much. Plus there are standard taking points like he tweaked something and wanted to be careful etc. If you hurt your knee your friends and colleagues might ask you how’s that knee every day but so what? I guess I don’t see what the big deal is if a player needs to deal with fans and media wanting more information on how his injury is progressing.
More importantly, at some point, the team would place the player on IR. An injured player whether on IR or not can still practice with the team, attend meetings etc. A player on a personal leave of absence presumably would not be and certainly if he is with and around the team it takes away the privacy arguments over simply saying the player is injured.
Personal leave of absences to deal with off ice issues (whether it is to deal with the health of a family member or otherwise) is fine. There’s no need to extend this label to on-ice related injuries.
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Firmly under the rug and will not be mentioned again until after Perry has a hall of fame induction
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Management also seems to refuse to acknowledge Pettersson is/was hurt, even when he said so himself. It wouldn’t be that surprising that they are alluding to some level of misdirection on this either.
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Wasn't it that he got wasted and became belligerent at a team function that included people of the public/sponsors/etc?
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Miller is an absolute warrior and would not take time away unless absolutely necessary.
Hope everything is ok with him and his family. It's just hockey, after all.
Hope everything is ok with him and his family. It's just hockey, after all.
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He should have been on IR far earlier. Playing through significant injuries outside of the playoffs is stupid. Give me healthy JT for 75% of the season instead of crappy JT for the entire season and playoffs.
There were some completely unsubstantiated rumours on reddit about the nature of his injuries and if true, every single person involved in letting him keep playing instead of resting him should be fired, and I don't care how high that goes. Enough is enough.
Hopefully it is completely unrelated to his obvious injuries and it's a temporary setback... but that definitely is not what it looks like right now.
There were some completely unsubstantiated rumours on reddit about the nature of his injuries and if true, every single person involved in letting him keep playing instead of resting him should be fired, and I don't care how high that goes. Enough is enough.
Hopefully it is completely unrelated to his obvious injuries and it's a temporary setback... but that definitely is not what it looks like right now.
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Is it weird that even with Miller and Boeser out and no injuries to the defense, I'm still more concerned/pessimistic due solely to the defense?
It's still possible to ice three very strong lines + a 4th line with Hoglander on it, but you're not getting anywhere if you're not able to outscore that disaster of a bottom four D
It's still possible to ice three very strong lines + a 4th line with Hoglander on it, but you're not getting anywhere if you're not able to outscore that disaster of a bottom four D
still lose with the disaster of the bottom four anyways. lankien crashing down to earth. silovs needing more seasoning. it doesnt even matter if qh sherwood/ep40 and the other guys stepping up.
Exactly. If the Leafs can still win without Matthews; and the Oilers hold their own without McDavid, then the Canucks should be able to survive the loss of Miller and hopefully only a few more weeks without Boeser.
But not with this blueline.
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Yeah funny how Don Taylor called him out.
Dhaliwal is a joke.
And when did it become a thing to have your wrists go all the way up to your shoulders? Kermit the Frog phoned. He wants his pipes back.
Good post as usual CM.
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PuckMunchkin
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I think we are social creatures.
But the social instincts (for lack of a better word) naturally selected for dont work AT ALL when you have the anonymity of masses and avatars and nick names.
In a tribal ~10-50 people society NOBODY would act the way they act on social media. That is where natural selection did its work.
The anonymity doesn't matter. People use their real names on facebook and the comments there are as vile as elsewhere. Maybe you're getting more at that you'll never really interact with online commenters elsewhere in the real world, so there aren't really any negative consequences for being a dick.
Social media rewards shock value with likes/clicks. Being nasty gets those, mostly from "your tribe". Which then incentivizes other members in your tribe to do the same thing. Which causes the "other tribe" to react in kind.
It's a remarkably terrible invention. Far, far more social harm than utility.
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History repeats itself. Every time a new communications medium takes over, it has been co-opted by disinformation spreaders as well as revolutionaries.
In the mid 1800s it was the "wide awakes" revolution driven by the literacy boom and the printing press - hordes of people literally threw printing presses into rivers from authors they hated. This led to Lincoln's rise and the civil war.
How a Newspaper Revolution Led to the 'Wide Awakes'—and the Civil War
In the mid-1800s, a boom in media outlets created a massive political movement—and plenty of disinformation.
www.atlasobscura.com
In the early 1900s it was radio and later, TV fueling nationalism and two world wars.
Today it's the Internet and especially social media driving disinformation, manipulation and polarization.
It's not a good look if history is any guide.
PuckMunchkin
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Its not the same. You are hidden, possibly 1000s of miles away.
Its definitely anonymity still.
Not just that.
You dont feel the same kind of empathy because they are typing at a screen.
If you said these things and saw someone change their facial expressions in real time as they go through the negative emotions you are causing.... and able to post the vile shit, you are probably someone that should be watched very carefully.
Yep.
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Strangely, we can incessantly personally attack hockey people - fat moron, dim Jim or whatever, but can’t suggest what the problem might be with a player on personal leave.
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It's not a coincidence that the subject of one's mental heath has become main stream since the introduction of social media.
I don't think it's strange at all. It's one thing to criticize someone's capability to play or manage at an NHL level, it's another one entirely to speculate on their health or personal life.
