I'm so beyond being angry at Rempe. I'm even beyond being pissed at Parros and DOPS. At this point I'm just disgusted this is allowed to go on without anyone saying anything about it.
I found out about this hit when I woke up, and I thought "surely there's some scathing piece of writing by a high profile hockey writer about how absurd and dysfunctional this all is. That this player can be brought up to the lineup with the obvious purpose of injuring people, and then sent back down to the minors MULTIPLE TIMES is terribly embarrassing for the league and the sport.
Surely there's some piece from Shayna or Arthur about how the Rangers have taken the lessons of Tom Wilson too far, that the sugar high from his heavy hits and provocation is not worth the long term damage being done.
Surely there's some piece from a prominent Dallas writers outraged that their best player is allowed to be targeted like this, and connecting it to the complete abdication of the league and the Player's Association's duties to keep players save.
Nope.
Not a single f***ing word, at least that I can find. Everyone acting like this is just another bad his by a guy with a history. So f***ing gutless. Hockey culture is atrocious. I really don't know how much longer I can stick with it. I really love the Devils, I love watching the Hughes brothers, Bratt, Hischier, Pesce, Hamilton, et al. They play some of the best hockey I've ever seen the team play. But I'm going to be furious all over again when something like this happens to a Devils player, and no doubt it will. And eventually the anger and disgust just won't be worth it anymore.