Patrick Kanes was an isolated incident when the kid was what? 21 years old making millions of dollars. If you're going to continue to hold a grudge towards him for that one thing almost 10 years ago then yes, that is ridiculous. Especially considering it was never proven to be true.
Hoffman was never even charged with anything and in fact its pretty obvious by how quickly that hole story fell off the maps, that it wasn't true at all.
Lots of guys in the league are ****ty teammates and lots of guys in the league do stupid **** when they're young as well. If it all got released to the public you'd have a hatred towards every player. Hell you'd have a hatred towards half the people in the world.
Like I said I get the Voynov dislike because that situation proved to be true and he was punished accordingly for it. Same with DeSmith.
But the rest of them are completely unjust to dislike for allegations that never proved to be true. Varly was completely acquitted of everything and you still felt "uncomfortable" with cheering for him? Jesus.
Oh boy...here we go again.
I'll say it again since you obviously have not read my past posts on the subject but Patrick Kane's behavior is anything but an "isolated incident." He has a track record of reckless behavior, alcoholism, and violence toward both men and women. You're going out of your way to tunnel-vision the most prominent and damaging of the many misdeeds he's been accused and using some shaky evidence to dismiss it entirely. So you do your little act of mental gymnastics and call my stance "ridiculous," your opinion really doesn't matter.
BTW, I'd watch what you say about that "isolated incident" as there is someone on these forums with a personal connection to the survivor. And yes, I said survivor, not accuser.
And I'll repeat
AGAIN that my opinion of Hoffman does not solely lie on the incident involving his fiancee--again, there is a well-established reputation he has with teammates that he is an overgrown man-child and unbearable to be around. I personally believe the accusations to be true, but again, that's my opinion and I can think what I want. Either way, that's his fiancee that did that, not him, but there's plenty of stories out there that paint Hoffman as a big jerk who's a disruption to his team. Honestly, in terms of character, he's far and away the best of all the guys on my little list. He's just an insufferable puke, not a rapist or domestic abuser or whatever the hell DeAngelo is. Still...I don't want that guy.
You're right, I'm sure if we exposed the raw underbelly of professional sports we'd be horrified as to what we saw. But to just dismiss the garbage and the garbage human beings we know to be awful based on your shaky-as-hell criteria is, as you seemingly like to say, ridiculous. The only thing I try to avoid is venerating players like I used to when I was a kid. They're human, and the most important thing about them is how good they are at the sport they play. I've stated on here many times that I really don't care much if a guy is a jerk, if he can play, great. But there are limits to that, which is why I have my little list. Either they have committed acts too heinous to ignore or are simply too insufferable to warrant a look.
A prime example: I've said before I think Ryan O'Reilly is a bit of a pretentious phony. I don't care for the guy much at all. And he indulged in some pretty moronic behavior that could've gotten someone killed. But I'd welcome the guy back in a heartbeat, I just wouldn't be rushing to Bill's Sports Collectibles to get his jersey.
