The NHL is the only one that does all over the map. Almost all of it is an accident because there isn't a guiding light to the league as to what it wants to be or how it would get there. Stuff happens every day in this league and it makes you slap your forehead. Sometimes it is out of wonder to counterbalance the frustration. To say:
Two former officials are suing the league, claiming they were fired for reporting their colleague's racist and sexist behavior.
Dave Walkowiak and James Watkins were off-ice officials who worked Lightning games in the area, and they claimed that Pat DeLorenzo Jr. made racist remarks about players, coaches, and the national anthem singer.
The lawsuit states that DeLorenzo made racist comments about African Americans and referred to them as "n*s".
The two officials repeatedly reported DeLorenzo to their supervisor. Deadspin reached out to Brace.
There are two kickers. Walkowiak and Watkins claim in their suit that they provided video evidence to the NHL office of DeLorenzo. They claim that the NHL lawyer ordered the destruction of the tape after the league fired DeLorenzo. The tactic of solving problems is scorched-earth. It is similar to when Matt Damon shoots the other rat in The Departed. Is it possible to leave no evidence?
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There are other lawsuits that have been filed because of DeLorenzo. The league was sued by Sullivan for what he said was reporting DeLorenzo. His case was resolved.
Deadspin reached out to the NHL, but a league spokesman declined.
The NHL has always used this solution to deal with racism. Instead of admitting that there is an issue and being transparent about how to address it, the league has tried to keep a lid on everything, smother any controversy, and hope silence will carry the day. When it has no other choice, it will pay lip service to doing better, but the rest of the time it will be hoping that no one will notice. The story will always get out in this day and age. We will always find out. There are a lot of things stuck in 1988.
Hockey has a problem with racism. This isn't a secret. One way to address that is to make a better connection with the Black community, to try and show that hockey can be for everyone, as long as everyone is welcomed and shown what the live experience can be. It is a great way to show that you are not stuck in 1988 and only market the league to guys who passed out in the parking lot before a show.
Kodak Black is a local artist so the Florida panthers probably thought about that when they had him at their game last night. The attendance problems of the panthers have been going on for a long time, and they still can't find any kind of territory in the South Florida sporting consciousness. The panthers are one of the best teams in the league, so they should strike while the iron is hot.
Kodak struck when the iron was hot, as it were.
Does this affect future attendance at Sunrise Arena for the Panthers? I will go with the latter. You would have to imagine that when the panthers call to invite him out, he will be answering the phone. There is a request for a full cleaning of that skybox. It was only decent.
At the end of the day, there are still amazing things going on on the ice, which is why we are all here. Most of them are related to Cale Makar. I did my best to point out that it was in the fake performance art that is 3-on-3, but I was not able to do so.
No such caveat here.
The older kid has been letting the smaller ones hang around for a while but has gotten bored and wants to go to lunch. That is as casual as you can get, against one of the league's best goalies in Juuse Saros. It was so easy to be disrespectful.
The only defenseman in the history of the game to have more than 16 goals in a single season is Bobby Orr. The tallest timber is the one that says, "Only Bobby Orr has more."
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