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LuncheonMeat said:I thought this line by Stewart was a little strange:
"... I wasn't going to give that guy a break on anything borderline that I might have let slide with a player who had gained acceptability with me."
Players have to 'gain acceptability' with him?
BTW, I've read Stewart's blog on HockeyBuzz in the past (he works for Eklund), and he comes across as a guy with a big ego who's a little bit angry all the time.
Significantly Insignificant said:That's kind of the impression I got as well, so I might actually be leaning toward Lindros in this. I can't see a guy tearing up posters for a charity just because of a penalty call.
LuncheonMeat said:I thought this line by Stewart was a little strange:
"... I wasn't going to give that guy a break on anything borderline that I might have let slide with a player who had gained acceptability with me."
Players have to 'gain acceptability' with him?
BTW, I've read Stewart's blog on HockeyBuzz in the past (he works for Eklund), and he comes across as a guy with a big ego who's a little bit angry all the time.
L K said:I think it's more a statement intending to say that if it was a guy that Lindros had a pre-existing respect for he might let a little more slide. For a guy who he already has personal issues with, he's not going to tolerate a guy slandering him.
Potvin29 said:L K said:I think it's more a statement intending to say that if it was a guy that Lindros had a pre-existing respect for he might let a little more slide. For a guy who he already has personal issues with, he's not going to tolerate a guy slandering him.
Are you responding to the right thing here? The "I wasn't going to give that guy a break on anything borderline that I might have let slide with a player who had gained acceptability with me" thing was Stewart commenting on why he wouldn't let Lindros get away with any borderline penalties.
Nik the Trik said:I don't know how much this affects things legally cw but I'm pretty sure that the story was posted on the Huffington Post's Canadian edition and I do know that they have Canadian staff. So it seems to me that Canadian laws would apply if it's a publication meant to be read in Canada although, admittedly, I'm not an expert.
CarltonTheBear said:Significantly Insignificant said:That's kind of the impression I got as well, so I might actually be leaning toward Lindros in this. I can't see a guy tearing up posters for a charity just because of a penalty call.
The equipment manager in the story has also come out and denied that the poster thing ever happened. He admits to being Eric's friend so maybe he's just covering things up, but it really is an odd story.
L K said:LuncheonMeat said:I thought this line by Stewart was a little strange:
"... I wasn't going to give that guy a break on anything borderline that I might have let slide with a player who had gained acceptability with me."
Players have to 'gain acceptability' with him?
BTW, I've read Stewart's blog on HockeyBuzz in the past (he works for Eklund), and he comes across as a guy with a big ego who's a little bit angry all the time.
EDIT: I can't read and work at the same time.
Summary: I loosely know Lindros though work. He's a nice guy. This kind of stuff can eat at him because what people think/say about him matters. Stewart comes across as a tool a lot when he writes stuff.
Whether the issue is true or not is going to be a tough thing to prove. It's pretty ugly if the equipment manager is denying the story, but also if he is a friend of Lindros' he might not be inclined to make Eric look bad.