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Shhhh...let it happen. Don't make it any weirder than it needs to be.

Pavel Datsyuk has been taken off of I.R. and claimed by the Islanders.

can we have a line of mursak-helm-eaves next season?

What ever happened to having respect for the beliefs of others? What ever happened to censoring yourself and taking your "audience" into account? What ever happened to common decency? Have we really gone so far with Political Correctness vs the false notion that "Freedom of Speech"= being able to say anything you want without caring what others thing and not be criticized? My mom used to sum it up in two words: Be Nice. Discussing and sharing one's beliefs is fine, and can be enlightening and beneficial. Having beliefs pushed on you is not, whether it is pro-<insert specific belief> or anti-<insert specific belief>. On the other hand, the advantage of people being able to speak freely is that we can note who is a jerk (or worse) and avoid that person. I don't think that suing is the answer, but it's a little late for anything right now.

Brush it off, dude. These are just words. They can't hurt you. I heard worse from my coaches when I was a peewee. That doesn't mean it's behavior that should be encouraged, but it's part of sports (especially hockey in my experience). I mean I guess if he wants to try to change the entire locker room culture, more power to him, but seriously... these are just words.

Just from reading the article, none of the language was directed at the kid, it was just said in his presence, which is still bad, but not something you sue someone over. I'm 100% positive if anyone called Iginla a n*gger, regardless if it was his coach or manager, he'd punch them in the mouth. The black and European players were called way worst things when they were breaking into the league, and that stuff was directed at and to them. Plus, while playing sports, whenever a coach was mad at me or my play or if I did something stupid I heard all kinds of Irish slurs. Never got to me. "Too much spuds last night Kelly?", "Damn it Kelly, you're a Mick, hit someone like they stole your potato farm". Grow some skin.

I think it's sad that most of you say this kid needs to 'grow balls'. What if this was Iginla saying that he had to endure the 'n' word by his coaches, or one of our many european players being called 'euro trash'. I understand foul language is used in sports by coaches all the time, but what he is claiming is racism. There should be absolutely no tolerance for race, ethnicity, sex, beliefs etc. to be used as weapons. It's one thing for a coach to tell you to get your head out of your you know what, but to disparage an entire group of people is horrific and shouldnt be excused or tolerated. This sets a bad example for our sport, for the coaches that work hard to inspire and create amazing players. There is no reason any person should be subjected to what this man is claiming he went through. Jokes, stereotyping, racism isn't tolerated in many workplaces why should hockey or sports in general be exempt of that?

Yes you are. He's good but he isn't nowhere near Datsyuk good imo. Datsyuk has a unique skill set. Flip doesn't. I think Flip can be dominant when he wants to, but you overshot the compliment by comparing him to Datsyuk imo.

Yes you are.

Just like Nick slappies bring up all his Norris trophies.... PFFTTTTT

Nabby had his best playoff year last year. I'd take him in a heartbeat.

February 19th in Owen Sound. http://am920.ca/news.php?area=details&cat=5&art_id=14848

Hey, did you know he was a 50 goal scorer in juniors?

Didn't really see enough of Emmerton to judge, but he didn't commit any obvious blunders and got his goal, even if it was a squeaker. Mursak is FAST. Like... REALLY FAST. I love what I'm seeing from him so far, and can't wait for him to continue to develop. Like others have said, I hope he becomes like Helm but with hands and a shot. The bigger news here is that Pavs and Cleary are going to be back! Good job Wings, staying afloat despite the injuries.

I would say Garth Snow isn't even the Islanders' worst GM ever, let alone the NHL's worst. Just check out Mike Milbury's tenure with the Islanders. Here of some of his famous trades...

Chris "Douchebag" Pronger Matt "Assclown" Cooke Sean "lolumadbro" Avery

The Grim Reaper- Stu Grimson Little Ball of Hate- Pat Verbeek

Charlie "Spazway" Conway. I mean I could go on....

^ This. It has no place in a workplace environment, especially with people that are part of management. Whether or not it was said to him directly or just "while he was in the room" doesn't matter. It has nothing to do with "growing a sack" or "that's hockey" or some other nonsense -- there's appropriate behavior and there's not. This isn't. This isn't a bar conversation amongst friends -- this is where you work and try to earn your living and you shouldn't be subjected to ridicule because of your race, religion or sexual orientation. It doesn't appear that he was getting litigation-happy at first glance either, just that little to nothing was done (outside "internal matter" suspensions) and that it needed to be made a larger issue so the problem gets solved, not just brushed under a rug and forgotten. I don't think it's "sad" that some people honestly think he needs to just "grow some balls" as the solution -- I think it's downright pathetic.

So it's ok if Calgary's coaching staff uses the 'n' word in practice drills to refer to Byfuglien when the team is preparing for Atlanta? After all, it wasn't directed at Iginla, right? Maybe you should punch yourself in the mouth. EDIT: Furthermore, maybe the coach's racist views of Jews (only in it for money, etc.) affected his opinion of Bailey, and therefore affected Bailey's chances of any advancement.

Holy s***, more poltical correctness. Get the hell over it. Willy O'Ree probably had it a million times worse. People are so sensitive it makes me sick.

i scored fifty goals in junior

UH OH! Somebody scored!! esteef