Confirmed with Link: Corey Perry Signs 1 yr 4 million

[Larmer83]

This all has to do with resentment that Chicago got Bedard in the draft.

Yes. But imagine the resentment when the Hawks win the lottery and draft Celebrini. Somehow I'll deal with the resentment.

 

[SimpleJack]

The Hawks are gonna be so loaded with young talent in about 2 years time it’s gonna be AMAZING relishing in all the salty tears. U think it’s bad now just wait till we really start to stockpile those top end prospects. People gonna be BEGGING for any little thing to go wrong just so they have a reason to express their butthurt feelings. Can’t wait.

 

[SimpleJack]

This all has to do with resentment that Chicago got Bedard in the draft.

Pretty much. That and the recent 3 Cups. Fans look at it like “they just won 3 championships and now they already get a new franchise cornerstone?!?!?” Lol. Ur damn right.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I'm not one of these people that hates the Hawks over the Beach scandal.

I think though they've handled this Perry situation terribly. There's all this controversy over everything they do. What they should be doing is being honest about what happened with Perry. If it's embarrassing to Perry or the organization, it's better to be honest and build back some trust than a slow drip of rumors and crazy off the wall stuff. It feeds into the lack of trust many have towards the Hawks, and I say that as someone who is pretty agnostic to the team. If you're Bedard, you should be furious that they're protecting Perry so much that his family is getting dragged into this unnecessarily. Obviously they can't control these rumors being spread, but you have to expect it's not going to go exactly as you expect when you are a major sports franchise and try to control the dissemination of news.

That is, unless it is true. Unlikely, but they feed into all the conspiracy theories by not coming out and saying what happened. If it's something deeply sensitive, you can be more specific without giving away all the details. The generic "personal matter" press release isn't going to silence everyone who is making a lot over this situation.

 

[ChiHawks10]

I'm not one of these people that hates the Hawks over the Beach scandal.

I think though they've handled this Perry situation terribly. There's all this controversy over everything they do. What they should be doing is being honest about what happened with Perry. If it's embarrassing to Perry or the organization, it's better to be honest and build back some trust than a slow drip of rumors and crazy off the wall stuff. It feeds into the lack of trust many have towards the Hawks, and I say that as someone who is pretty agnostic to the team. If you're Bedard, you should be furious that they're protecting Perry so much that his family is getting dragged into this unnecessarily. Obviously they can't control these rumors being spread, but you have to expect it's not going to go exactly as you expect when you are a major sports franchise and try to control the dissemination of news.

That is, unless it is true. Unlikely, but they feed into all the conspiracy theories by not coming out and saying what happened.

Unless they're protecting Perry? If it's none of the public's business, then it's none of the public's business. End of story. At least for most.

The Beach situation and this should not be correlated in any way.

 

[SimpleJack]

I'm not one of these people that hates the Hawks over the Beach scandal.

I think though they've handled this Perry situation terribly. There's all this controversy over everything they do. What they should be doing is being honest about what happened with Perry. If it's embarrassing to Perry or the organization, it's better to be honest and build back some trust than a slow drip of rumors and crazy off the wall stuff. It feeds into the lack of trust many have towards the Hawks, and I say that as someone who is pretty agnostic to the team. If you're Bedard, you should be furious that they're protecting Perry so much that his family is getting dragged into this unnecessarily. Obviously they can't control these rumors being spread, but you have to expect it's not going to go exactly as you expect when you are a major sports franchise and try to control the dissemination of news.

That is, unless it is true. Unlikely, but they feed into all the conspiracy theories by not coming out and saying what happened. If it's something deeply sensitive, you can be more specific without giving away all the details. The generic "personal matter" press release isn't going to silence everyone who is making a lot over this situation.

“you can be more specific without giving away details”

….can you though?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Unless they're protecting Perry? If it's none of the public's business, then it's none of the public's business. End of story. At least for most.

The Beach situation and this should not be correlated in any way.

I think they probably are protecting him, but the question is whether it's worth protecting him in the face of all the speculation out there.

It depends what it is. There are things it could be where I think you want to protect him at all costs, but unless it's one of the most personal things that the fans have no business knowing about, I don't think you sacrifice Bedard's family being dragged into it for what it ends up being. I'm sure it'll come out eventually, and we can all decide whether it was worth it or not.

I would also say that I don't think the Beach situation and this are correlated, but you have to know what you are dealing with. Many are going to correlate the two. If this was the Stars, no one is talking about this as much, and all of us know that's true.

 

[Mrfenn92]

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

“you can be more specific without giving away details”

….can you though?

I think you can, although hypothetically it depends what the situation is.

Are you probably going to share more details than he wants shared? Yeah, but isn't the whole situation already embarrassing? I'm sure it's embarrassing to Perry, Perry's family, Bedard, and Bedard's family that this rumor is out there.

I don't know what happened, so speculating, but I think almost anything you can be more specific without sharing the exact details.

 

[ChiHawks10]

I think they probably are protecting him, but the question is whether it's worth protecting him in the face of all the speculation out there.

It depends what it is. There are things it could be where I think you want to protect him at all costs, but unless it's one of the most personal things that the fans have no business knowing about, I don't think you sacrifice Bedard's family being dragged into it for what it ends up being. I'm sure it'll come out eventually, and we can all decide whether it was worth it or not.

I would also say that I don't think the Beach situation and this are correlated, but you have to know what you are dealing with. Many are going to correlate the two. If this was the Stars, no one is talking about this as much, and all of us know that's true.

If they have the intelligence of a rock.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I think you can, although hypothetically it depends what the situation is.

Are you probably going to share more details than he wants shared? Yeah, but isn't the whole situation already embarrassing? I'm sure it's embarrassing to Perry, Perry's family, Bedard, and Bedard's family that this rumor is out there.

I don't know what happened, so speculating, but I think almost anything you can be more specific without sharing the exact details.

That's a lot of words to say nothing.

 

[Crow]

About the fourth time it’s been locked. Third time or so they’ve somewhat cleaned it up also

I can’t imagine being a moderator there.

I don’t care to speculate at all on this but who runs with a rumor like this? I had more sense as a high school freshman.

 

[VaCaps Fan]

I think I am going to wear hawks polo to work tomorrow. This is an “issue” with nothing to do with the franchise as an organization.

 

[CallMeShaft]

Hawks don't need to air out a player's dirty laundry because the internet is filled with morons who'll believe anything they read.

Whatever is happening, the team is obviously dealing with it. Dealing with it doesn't require alerting the public. It means keeping him away from the team, and if it's a legal matter, keeping in contact with lawyers and/or law enforcement.

 

[ClydeLee]

That is always the hockey goto rumor to make up stuff. It's dumb low hanging fruit for fools.

Remember when people said that about Kim Johnsson, but no, he just had a concussion that was severe and stopped playing.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

That's a lot of words to say nothing.

Ah okay, thanks for the rude comment. I'll see myself out, as I guess opinions from fans of other teams aren't welcome here.

 

[Larmer83]

Ah okay, thanks for the rude comment. I'll see myself out, as I guess opinions from fans of other teams aren't welcome here.

We welcome reasonably intelligent opinions from fans from other teams.

 

[WarriorofTime]

It takes more than just an active imagination to connect what happened with Aldrich/Beach to whatever is going on with Corey Perry right now. Literally none of the individuals are the same. There's some boredom/active malice involved to try and connect two situations over 13 years apart like that.

The notion that the public has some greater right to have their curious bloodlust fulfilled regarding what's going on with Perry due to what occurred to Beach doesn't even make a lick of sense.

 

[BobbyJet]

This thread and the one on the main board, if there is one, should be closed.... for obvious reasons.

 

[SimpleJack]

It takes more than just an active imagination to connect what happened with Aldrich/Beach to whatever is going on with Corey Perry right now. Literally none of the individuals are the same. There's some boredom/active malice involved to try and connect two situations over 13 years apart like that.

The notion that the public has some greater right to have their curious bloodlust fulfilled regarding what's going on with Perry due to what occurred to Beach doesn't even make a lick of sense.

People are dumb.

 

[Darkstar]

Ah okay, thanks for the rude comment. I'll see myself out, as I guess opinions from fans of other teams aren't welcome here.

Well...bye.

 

[shakes the clown]

If the Hawks don’t come out and deny this first thing tomorrow they are hanging Bedard out to dry and basically opening the door for people to reasonably assume it’s true.

 

[Crow]

If the Hawks don’t come out and deny this first thing tomorrow they are hanging Bedard out to dry and basically opening the door for people to reasonably assume it’s true.

There is nothing reasonable about that

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Yeah, if all this is speculation or mocking speculation, we can shut this down. We can reopen or start a new thread once there is something tangible to talk about beyond what some randos are saying on Twitter.