NHLPA discussing with players postponing games in light of Kenosha incident

[Krams]

Discussion on this matter is to be contained to this thread solely. Do not flame each other. Thread will be closed upon a decision being made and/or when playoffs resume, if applicable.

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[Amazing Kreiderman]

Escrow will go through the roof next season

Seriously though, this shouldn't surprise anyone. Time to watch other leagues, I guess.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Oh well. More time to focus on football, rugby and the SHL/KHL and Liiga

 

[EdJovanovski]

Ridiculous, anything to appease the violent mob

 

[Irishguy42]

A day late, but good. Wish it was more heavily player-driven though, as I imagine there aren't many who care among the NHLPA members.

Sports aren't important.

 

[mrmovies779]

Games are officially postponed.

 

[Leetch3]

 

[Kakko]

Guys, normal board rules still more or less apply. We understand the topic is inherently political, so it's tough to separate the discussion.
This is a hockey forum. I'd like to be more lenient, but it never works. If you feel like you can't or don't want to talk about this from a primarily hockey based perspective, that's fine. This just isn't the place for it.

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

Ridiculous, anything to appease the violent mob

Pretty much what it is. And this is coming from someone that does believe we need at least some police reform.

 

[Irishguy42]

Games are officially postponed.

99% of the way there. I think in principal we can say they're cancelled.

 

[Kakko]

Guys, normal board rules still more or less apply. We understand the topic is inherently political, so it's tough to separate the discussion.
This is a hockey forum. I'd like to be more lenient, but it never works. If you feel like you can't or don't want to talk about this from a primarily hockey based perspective, that's fine. This just isn't the place for it.

Apologies for the mass deletions, but it is what it is

 

[B17 Apricots]

Frustrating that politics and phony social engineering makes its way into the NHL, but thats the nature of bread and circuses I guess...

 

[Trxjw]

Bout time and it's the right move. Highly recommend folks listen to Mark Fraser's interview on Leafs Lunch today. Incredibly emotional and sheds a lot of light on just how far behind the hockey community is when it comes to embracing diversity.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Kudos to all involved.

 

[Trxjw]

Apologies for the mass deletions, but it is what is

I thought we weren't supposed to get political?

 

[mas0764]

Delete if not appropriate for the forum.

 

[Irishguy42]

Tomorrow looking to be cancelled as well

 

[Irishguy42]

But Dreger says otherwise?

 

[eco's bones]

I support the players decision not to play. I think it's the right decision. We're living in some ugly times. People who can't respect their firearms (including policemen) shouldn't have them. With a gun you unfortunately can't take back a bad decision after you've made it.

 

[Irishguy42]

Frustrating that politics and phony social engineering makes its way into the NHL, but thats the nature of bread and circuses I guess...

Majority of sports are political by nature. Can't avoid it.

 

[Trxjw]

Ridiculous, anything to appease the violent mob

Wait.. how does this appease the militia that showed up and shot a bunch of protesters?

 

[EdJovanovski]

Wait.. how does this appease the militia that showed up and shot a bunch of protesters?

Oh the 3 peaceful protestors he shot, the first chased him and threw a Molotov cocktail at him (he was also a convicted rapist who has a rap sheet longer than what comes up when you search EdJovo posts mentioning “Trouba”), the second was someone who was hitting him with a skateboard while he was on the ground, the third was literally pointing a pistol at him. (I can send you videos of every incident as it was unfolding, I saw this in real time on Twitter unfortunately)

So yea the violent mob like those guys, the ones who killed David Dorn, the ones who killed those black children in CHAZ, the ones who burned a man alive in his pawn shop in Minnesota, the ones who are burning down and destroying thousands of small businesses, I’d say those actions are pretty violent, no?

 

[Leetch3]

 

[will1066]

Escrow will go through the roof next season

Seriously though, this shouldn't surprise anyone. Time to watch other leagues, I guess.

We're like the last league involved with stopping play.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

We're like the last league involved with stopping play.

There's an entire world out there. Give it a try. KHL, SHL, Liiga. Pre-season is well underway.