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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?

We do... He is PaTTy Sunshine STUPID PIC WON'T UPLOADDDDD......

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.

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

We should get an Italian like Cammalleri so we can play this:

Sidney Crosby - Crybaby, Rosby, person we shall not name

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

Semin eh? I guess you could say they really blew their load on him. Of course Semin does spend a lot of time with the rubber so he probably deserves it...

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

If I were Nabokov I would hold out for a little while longer to prove to everyone that he was serious. Then settle his differences with Snow and report. Then after a few games (enough that he can claim he made an effort) say that he just can't handle playing for a s*** team. Walk out and claim it was for personal reasons. The Isles can then suspend him again if they want. But at that point since he would have reported they can no longer toll his contract over.

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...

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

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