OldTimeHockey
Active member
Heroic Shrimp said:
My daughter will be pumped that the Leafs first game back will be against the hated habs on her birthday.
2019-2020 NHL Thread
- Thread starter CarltonTheBear
- Start date
My daughter will be pumped that the Leafs first game back will be against the hated habs on her birthday.
Bullfrog
Active member
I haven't read the statement of claim, so you can only go by the author's comment. So I'm not sure how you can call it a statement of fact that he is claiming anti-straight discrimination. Hey, it might be, but again, I haven't read the statement of claim.
I think there's a difference between claiming you were fired because you were straight vs claiming your sexual orientation had an influence on the decision or that his treatment for his conduct was inconsistent with that of other individuals' conduct.
The reason I said it was a bit misleading (as opposed to me saying it was completely unfactual and false) was that it suggests the suit is based only on this claim (which we haven't read). For all we know, it might be a minor point in his suit. I'm not a legal expert, but have enough experience to know you must read the actual claim being made.
I think there's a difference between claiming you were fired because you were straight vs claiming your sexual orientation had an influence on the decision or that his treatment for his conduct was inconsistent with that of other individuals' conduct.
The reason I said it was a bit misleading (as opposed to me saying it was completely unfactual and false) was that it suggests the suit is based only on this claim (which we haven't read). For all we know, it might be a minor point in his suit. I'm not a legal expert, but have enough experience to know you must read the actual claim being made.
Kin
New member
Bullfrog said:
I may be misunderstanding you here but it feels like if we reacted to every news story with "We don't know if it's true, we're just going by what the reporter is saying" we'd be chasing our tails a lot. Variety is a pretty legit outfit. I doubt they'd have something like that in an article if it weren't based on having read the claim and reporting it to us.
Bullfrog said:
I suppose I'm not really of the belief that a headline is misleading if the article itself clearly states the other things involved in the suit. It's a headline, after all, you're not going to be able to fit the entirety of the story there. Going with the most eye-catching/newsworthy aspect of a story in the headline and then elaborating further in the body text seems like pretty standard journalistic practice to me but I'm likewise no expert.
Kin
New member
Panarin, Draisaitl and Mackinnon are the Hart finalists.
I've done my McDavid/Draisaitl stuff before so I guess I'll just say that I'm at least a little surprised none of the top 3 goal scorers in the league got a look. And that outside of arbitrarily deciding that two guys from the same team can't be nominated for a Hart what makes either Panarin or Mackinnon more valuable than McDavid but there we go.
I've done my McDavid/Draisaitl stuff before so I guess I'll just say that I'm at least a little surprised none of the top 3 goal scorers in the league got a look. And that outside of arbitrarily deciding that two guys from the same team can't be nominated for a Hart what makes either Panarin or Mackinnon more valuable than McDavid but there we go.
Kin
New member
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/sources-coyotes-relationship-gm-chayka-fell-apart-new-opportunity/
I may be reading this wrongly but it sounds like Chayka wanted to leave to go be an AGM somewhere else? And Arizona initially granted permission only to take it away?
Yeesh.
I may be reading this wrongly but it sounds like Chayka wanted to leave to go be an AGM somewhere else? And Arizona initially granted permission only to take it away?
Yeesh.
Nik said:
Arizona reporter just clarified that the job Chayka was eyeing wasn't with another hockey team.
Bender said:
I feel like he's made a number of pretty good moves to make his team better. His biggest mistake was trying to leave the "rebuilding" phase without a franchise player to build around. I guess they thought that was Strome, but it obviously didn't work out. Imagine where they (and us) would be though if they took Marner instead.
herman said:
Well coulda been hockey-related, just not with another team. Maybe he wanted to go back to Stathletes? Anyway, pretty bizarre for the Coyotes to drag this out and not just let him go.