What an interesting thread.
From a mostly outside observer (who lives in Winnipeg, so I will point that out):
1) I have no idea about any of Lemieux's politics
2) I actually like him as a player. I think the Jets sorely needed that agitator / sandpaper in their bottom six, and while he's not a great player, he's not a liability
3) Suggesting that you would not trade him in a heartbeat for Brady Tkachuk is literally one of the dumbest things I have ever read on these Boards
After his draft, Lemieux played 2 more years of junior, and 2 years in the AHL before he even cracked the Jets lineup. Brady put up 45 points before his 20th birthday on a train wreck of a Senators team. Lemieux couldn't even match that in the AHL when he was 21.