OT: Around the NHL | Summertime Blues

[DegenX]

Pre-season schedule has been announced. Camp starts September 14, first game is September 18. Link

 

[Shady Machine]

Did anyone see this? Geez Ottawa is a mess. Good on them for suspending him swiftly I suppose.

https://www.tsn.ca/senators-suspend-assistant-gm-lee-1.1114169

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have suspended assistant general manager Randy Lee, who is facing a harassment charge from an incident during the NHL's pre-draft scouting combine in Buffalo earlier this month.

Lee is charged with second-degree harassment after allegedly making lewd comments and rubbing the shoulders of a 19-year-old male hotel shuttle driver in Buffalo on May 30. He has pled not guilty and is due in court on July 6.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Did anyone see this? Geez Ottawa is a mess. Good on them for suspending him swiftly I suppose.

https://www.tsn.ca/senators-suspend-assistant-gm-lee-1.1114169

I mean, they're owned by Eugene Melnyk. Is it really that big of a surprise what an awful organization it is?

 

[heysmilinstrange]

Did anyone see this? Geez Ottawa is a mess. Good on them for suspending him swiftly I suppose.

https://www.tsn.ca/senators-suspend-assistant-gm-lee-1.1114169

Swiftly? It took almost 3 weeks. It's amazing how poorly that franchise is run. I feel for their fans.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Swiftly? It took almost 3 weeks. It's amazing how poorly that franchise is run. I feel for their fans.

Well, at first it was allegations, now it's been filed right?

Not everyone behaves like show business where the moment you are accused, whether evidence or not, your career is swiftly destroyed and you are castrated by the media. The NHL seems to have some semblance of "oh wait, let's see what the court says first with actually having charges filed."

 

[heysmilinstrange]

Well, at first it was allegations, now it's been filed right?

Not everyone behaves like show business where the moment you are accused, whether evidence or not, your career is swiftly destroyed and you are castrated by the media. The NHL seems to have some semblance of "oh wait, let's see what the court says first with actually having charges filed."

I see your point, but I don't think it would be out of place at all for a business to suspend an employee who's the subject of a criminal investigation, particularly when the allegation is such an embarrassing one.

 

[Pens x]

I hope the Sens move at this point. I’m so sick of their fans from this site.

Try Quebec City again

 

[Shady Machine]

Swiftly? It took almost 3 weeks. It's amazing how poorly that franchise is run. I feel for their fans.

My bad. I can’t read a calendar I guess haha.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I hope the Sens move at this point. I’m so sick of their fans from this site.

Try Quebec City again

I'd sooner see a team in Hartford than ass backwards Quebec.

No offense to @Scandale du Jour & @Clare2904 & @MtlPenFan

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I see your point, but I don't think it would be out of place at all for a business to suspend an employee who's the subject of a criminal investigation, particularly when the allegation is such an embarrassing one.

But it's also more embarrassing to find out if the person accusing is doing it for money, which is why you wait until charges are laid and the evidence is a no brainer to do it so you, as a company, can free yourself from a lawsuit thanks to libel.

 

[Pens x]

I'd sooner see a team in Hartford than ass backwards Quebec.

No offense to @Scandale du Jour & @Clare2904 & @MtlPenFan

Hartford would be fine too. Just not Ottawa.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Hartford would be fine too. Just not Ottawa.

I mean no offense to Canada, but if your only options are Ottawa or Quebec City, then I'd rather just see another US City team that once had one, get one again.

My biggest gripe with the Canadiens is that they have this pro-francophone agenda with their management hires, it's ridiculous, like they would seriously rather hire someone that is francophone instead of a highly successful or great management person that could make that team 100x better.

I would hope if QC wanted a team, they wouldn't push that narrative with their hiring practice.

 

[heysmilinstrange]

But it's also more embarrassing to find out if the person accusing is doing it for money, which is why you wait until charges are laid and the evidence is a no brainer to do it so you, as a company, can free yourself from a lawsuit thanks to libel.

I don't think that's something that really happens.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I don't think that's something that really happens.

See: P.Kane's accuser, Roethlisberger's accuser, and various other "assault for extortion" cases.

Teams wait until facts are completely out first before they make their move. I mean if someone did something stupid, partly, sure you see some punishment, but if it's severe, adios.

 

[Rossi Rat]

See: P.Kane's accuser, Roethlisberger's accuser, and various other "assault for extortion" cases.

Teams wait until facts are completely out first before they make their move. I mean if someone did something stupid, partly, sure you see some punishment, but if it's severe, adios.

We just go out and call Patty Kane and fathead (Ben) rapists, anyway. It’s the thing to do.

 

[DegenX]

Less whateveryouwannacallit and more NHL talk. Please stay on topic. Thanks!

 

[EightyOne]

Well the league have better reffing next year?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Well the league have better reffing next year?

No, it'll be even worse.

 

[EightyOne]

No, it'll be even worse.

I really don't get how everyone/media is glossing over it.

I'd take the NFL's scab refs they used over these f***ers the NHL is allowing out there.

The bored dude paid in free ice time in a rec league is better.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Well the league have better reffing next year?

Good one.

 

[Shockmaster]

Would it surprise anyone if the Senators didn't look into this issue with Karlsson and Hoffman months ago because Melnyk was too cheap to spend any money on investigating it?

 

[Allie Kitsune]

Would it surprise anyone if the Senators didn't look into this issue with Karlsson and Hoffman months ago because Melnyk was too cheap to spend any money on investigating it?

But he's still investigating Matt Cooke.

 

[Gurglesons]

Would it surprise anyone if the Senators didn't look into this issue with Karlsson and Hoffman months ago because Melnyk was too cheap to spend any money on investigating it?

I mean, I don’t know how something like that doesn’t bleed into the on ice performance.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Well the league have better reffing next year?

Has it in your time ever improved when it's been bad?

Answer is no. It never has.

 

[EightyOne]

Has it in your time ever improved when it's been bad?

Answer is no. It never has.

It was better for like three months after the 04-05 lockout.

So yes...I can say it DID improve. At one point. For very little.

Lol.

I just think, they either need to delete goaltender interference or increase the size of the...um...crease...and go back to no offensive players allowed in it.

And really figure their shit out on elbows up, jumping off ice, head shot "checking." Kick players out and suspend them.

And you know, if a stick comes up above a waistline, penalty.

Just call more penalties. Yes. It slows games down. But it's so inconsistent it's actively hurting the ability to watch.

We've dealt with crappy officiating a lot. But I'm losing my interest in NHL and it seems to be a large component.

Maybe I'm just a crybaby though lol.