Former NHL'er Andre Deveaux assaults player during warmups in Sweden

[Atas2000]

What an odd number... any reason or significance for 11 months?

I guess so he might sign a new contract after the effectively 1 year suspension.

 

[Cyclones Rock]

What a savage.

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

From James Mirtle on twitter:

 

[Neil Patrick Harris]

From James Mirtle on twitter:

...Okay?

Are we supposed to assume because the refs missed/ignored things that Deveaux was justified in attacking somebody?

 

[hototogisu]

...Okay?

Are we supposed to assume because the refs missed/ignored things that Deveaux was justified in attacking somebody?

Yeah I guess we'll see what he says but this sounds like a "two wrongs make a right" defense. Not sure how that's going to work out for him.

 

[tarheelhockey]

This guy really has no idea how to handle himself, does he?

 

[wej20]

Well to be fair it would be difficult for an official to diagnose that Deveaux is a few sandwiches short of a picnic.

 

[Farnham4top6]

Is he going to tell the world that the assistant gave the order?

 

[tarheelhockey]

Is he going to tell the world that the assistant gave the order?

"Deveaux will be providing surprising new video evidence of injuries that were flagrantly ignored by Swedish Hockey League officials."


He's going to reveal that he also kicked someone's ass in the parking lot.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

"Deveaux will be providing surprising new video evidence of injuries that were flagrantly ignored by Swedish Hockey League officials."


He's going to reveal that he also kicked someone's ass in the parking lot.

lol, made me laugh.




But it will probably be him showing he was injured in the previous game. Like if that would make it ok.

But anyway, he should serve out his punishment and that should be the end of it.

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

lol, made me laugh.




But it will probably be him showing he was injured in the previous game. Like if that would make it ok.

But anyway, he should serve out his punishment and that should be the end of it.

Winner, winner chicken dinner!

Deveaux: fear of injury led to vicious slash

 

[Freudian]

I guess it's easier, for psychological reasons, to claim you were not yourself than to admit you were yourself.

 

[542365]

So is the 11 month suspension and the fine the end of it? Or is he still on the hook for whatever punishment the legal system hands down(if convicted obviously)?

 

[542365]

I guess it's easier, for psychological reasons, to claim you were not yourself than to admit you were yourself.

Solid post to username connection

 

[joe89]

This guy just doesn't get it.

 

[Blufreezy]

Watching his wife give this statement is ****ing embarassing.

And then I heard him say "Without the support of Onya and a baby on the way I'm not sure I could have gotten through this" as he makes his fake emotional facial
expression

What an *******.

 

[WonderTwinsUnite]

God I hope he gets just reamed. Complete idiot through and through.

 

[Byron Bitz]

If what he is saying is true the other player was threatening to hurt him again then he may have a self defense case here.

 

[hototogisu]

If what he is saying is true the other player was threatening to hurt him again then he may have a self defense case here.

No he wouldn't, on the basis that hockey players threaten to hurt each other a dozen times a game every game.

And in any case, "self defense" would be a little more applicable in a situation where he was actively being attacked. You can't drive to a guy's house, shoot him when he's lying in bed, and then claim it was self defense because you heard the guy was planning to rob you at some point.

(OK slightly extreme example there but still)

 

[Pilky01]

What a loser.

 

[Gormo]

Psycho.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I feel bad for the guy that he sustained a concussion that is affecting his private life. But what is his point here? That because another player didn't get a penalty in a different game, he was entitled to attack that player during warmups?

I mean, I guess this was effective in filling in some of the details around the incident. But it doesn't shift any of the blame away from him, and if anything it reinforces that he's obviously unrepentant and therefore an ongoing danger to the players around him.

Hopefully his insurance allows him to get some help.

 

[Quares27]

He's 6'4 240 pounds with over 100 fights in his career and he expects us to believe he was scared of some small Swede who doesn't fight as if the guy was a threat to his life on the ice? what a load of crap

 

[OneMoreAstronaut]

Winner, winner chicken dinner!

Deveaux: fear of injury led to vicious slash

Deveaux: fear of being viciously slashed led to vicious slash.

 

[BigBen]

Haha he said he doesn't regret defending himself. Yeah the guy was clearly attacking him when he decided to slash him. God this guy just doesn't get it. He should be permanently suspended due to the lack of regret.