Rumor: Lafreniere forbidden to give French interview by Drury

[RangersFan1994]

Lafreniere forbidden to give interview in French by GM Drury

Disturbing story out of New York City.

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[NickyFotiu]

Lafreniere forbidden to give interview in French by GM Drury

Disturbing story out of New York City.

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Might just be that the PR guy is there for a reason and he cant protect the player if he does not understand French.

 

[Crease]

According to the report, the Rangers PR guy explained that Drury has a rule requiring all players and interviewers to use English, so he can understand what his players are saying and being asked.

 

[QJL]

WTF Drury

 

[Hockey Gamer]

i had no idea Chris Drury was such an inhumane monster. seriously, wtf

 

[Kovalev27]

Not sure I believe this one

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Quebec media love to talk out their ass Id take this with a grain of salt

 

[nyr2k2]

Maybe something got lost in translation here.

 

[Nona Di Giuseppe]

i had no idea Chris Drury was such an inhumane monster. seriously, wtf

r u serious?

seriously can't tell

 

[Megustaelhockey]

The Quebec media would not pass up the chance to make a huge spectacle out of this if true. The league and/or the NHLPA would supersede the team in an instant on such a decision. Non-story.

 

[dukeofjive]

Probably was asking him about if he had the white or red habs pjs growing up, its mtl sports radio, there so bad.

 

[mas0764]

I don’t believe it as stated, but if it did turn out to be true, Drury being inflexible and unadaptable is like the last thing that would surprise me.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

From what I've read over the years, Drury is a huge dick. This wouldn't surprise me, but the Rangers surely have a policy in place requiring the Rangers to approve interviews in advance of them doing any, so I'm sure these rejections happen all the time and it's certainly not a big deal.

 

[bobbop]

If this is true, profs to Drury. The last thing want is the French language media, who are sensationalists, talk to a young player. They have a way of twisting things. Way too much risk.

 

[frozenrubber]

There might be some overarching MSG policy.

For example, the team requires media training, every interview with a Knick requires a team representative to be present and to record the interaction. Dolan's antagonism towards the NY Daily News, that they don't always get access to press conferences and the league even fined the Knicks 50k for going too far.

 

[bobbop]

According to the report, the Rangers PR guy explained that Drury has a rule requiring all players and interviewers to use English, so he can understand what his players are saying and being asked.

As it should be

 

[Megustaelhockey]

The problem is there are a lot of historical and political reasons why French speakers in North America feel discriminated against, and it could turn into a huge headache for the Rangers and the league. Lundqvist gave a million interviews in Swedish when he was a Ranger. This is New York City; just hire a PR person who speaks French.

 

[nyr2k2]

For what it's worth, many of the most successful executives--whether in sports or Corporate America--are total control freaks. If Drury wants to control every f***ing thing, that's totally fine as long as he builds a consistent winner. IMO, anyway.

 

[Machinehead]

Good. f*** the Quebec media.

 

[I Eat Crow]

If this is true, profs to Drury. The last thing want is the French language media, who are sensationalists, talk to a young player. They have a way of twisting things. Way too much risk.

At the risk of sounding xenophobic, I agree with this wholeheartedly. The Rangers and Alexis himself have nothing to gain and lots to lose by doing this.

 

[will1066]

Well at least this puts an end to Kakko badmouthing Quinn in Finnish.

 

[Kaapo Bustfreniere]

Well at least this puts an end to Kakko badmouthing Quinn in Finnish.

that is indeed finnished

 

[RGY]

Who the f*** cares? Lmao

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

I mean Panarin and Igor always give their pressers in Russian. Why not just hire a French translator?

 

[failure]

Drury like the Hugh Hefner of the Rangers team.