Chris18 wrote:
Sexual misconduct by a coach.
Owner threatening to move the team.
Wives/GFs Twitter war over harassment.
This.
I'm sure I've missed a few things that dropped in the last 6 months alone, right?
Cody Ceci's g/f accidentally lit another woman's face on fire. And it was actually sexual misconduct by a member of the front office, the guy who was in charge of draftees...the youngsters.
Okay saw some of the video but not all of it. Some observations:
1. I would slap any player upside the head who referred to practice as "pracky" and his stick as a "twiggy." No wonder hockey nicknames are so unimaginative.
2. Matt Duchene probably cost himself around $10 million right there...maybe more.
3. I can't tell if they're making fun of Borowiecki or not.
4. It's mostly Duchene and Wideman doing the shit-talking while the young guys keep mostly quiet.
Someone on HF who claims to have insider information said some major smack talk was going down with Bednar during Colorado's swan-dive season, and Duchene was part of that too. Given what Bednar has intimated in pressers and what not I don't believe there's any love lost between those two.
I saw on Twitter that Duchene and Marty Raymond had what had to be the most awkward conversation ever at center ice today. Yeesh.
This makes me feel a little better about Duchene being gone. It doesn't help the rumors that he was a divisive presence in the locker room. I've been a staunch defender of his for years but I can't help but be a little disappointed in the young man right now. Yeah, I get it, hot-stoving and what not happens all the time, but the level of disrespect from guys who are supposed to be setting an example for the younger guys on a rebuilding team is disconcerting to say the least. I can't help but lose more than a little respect for the guy, and I guarantee the number of teams who would have been vying for his services has dropped by a fair margin.