Fogelhund
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- Sep 15, 2007
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Bracco has probably achieved more than the average 61st pick. I'm not saying he can do no wrong, but you seem to shift all organization mistakes to people from the previous regime. Korshkov isn't looking great and Rasanen looks like a really bad pick. I mean, Dubas has had 2 years to shop Bracco if he's such a terrible person and has held on to him, despite this incident having happened post draft.
I'm not picking on you... just quoting because of the Bracco discussion.
Given this incident is just coming out now, it's improbable that Hunter, Dubas, or anyone else knew it had happened. As far as substance abuse, perhaps they knew, or not... (assuming it's Bracco, which it might not have been), it's a pretty common thing with these players...
Surely they know why Bracco was off last year, and perhaps it was substance abuse, and rehab... if so, I'd like to think, that the team I support stands behind players that have addiction issues. I'd like to think they'd work with such players, and get them cleaned up, to be better people, and perhaps better hockey players. If they try, and the players continue to have substance issues, then release them.