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Let me try one: - Just before puck drop - Lights out a LCA - Players come out and skate around - Lights come on - coaches take to the benches - Florida bench empty - Lights go out again - "real gud real gud real gud" echos like a satanic whisper through the now silent arena like the "chh chh chh ahh ah ah" from Halloween. - Canada's pride of the central prairies, BTO's "Takin' Care of Business" suddenly blasts from the crappy LCA sound system - MAH GAWD THAT"S MIKE BABCOCK"S MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, and his name is William Wallinder!

No Quenneville - No problem?

Really? Probably not buried it, suspend the coach immediately pending an investigation to start. Report it to the league, don't just say we're trying to win the cup and don't want to deal with it. FYI aldrich did this to multiple people after beach, including an intern, and a young person he coached after being let go from the Hawks. So ya, I'm sure he's just a great guy I'm not sure if you are aware, physical strength doesn't always mean everything. Beach may be weak mentally and was made to feel like a small person, who would have no hockey future if he didn't cooperate. Had he said no and left, aldrich probably goes to the executives of the team and makes up some bs story to get him removed from the team, because obviously they cared more for him than a prospect anyway, they would have believed it

Stopping Aldrich to take on any other job would have been an option.... edit: Would have helped Michigan John Doe as well...

Im a little bit mad that Raymond didnt get to score on that last chance

I am not defending anyone. I said that the team could not prove Aldrich did anything wrong other than engage in acts with a subordinate. I am not defending the Blackhawks organization either. I have already said that Aldrich did something wrong and the team should have handled things differently. I have also said that the team was put in a tough spot. I dont have all the facts. But I do think that some of the teams hesitation was based on potential liability and not because they were trying to protect a predator.

It's very much true. They told him his azz was grass. But were nice enough to let him stick around and party with the boys first. Imagine that. " Hey pedo you're going to jail but first we need you to finish that ice cream route of yours" Basically, they were cowards and wanted this thing to disolve without drawing too much attention to it.

They could not prove anything. It's not defending bad behavior to say that.

Had to pay for Hulu just to watch this game.

Watching a Red Wings game without Mickey is like ... watching a Red Wings game without Mickey. There's not even anything I can compare it to. It's its own worst case scenario.

It was Beach's place to call the Police. He is the only one who can press charges. The cops wont investigate if Beach doesnt want to go thru the criminal justice system. Reporting Aldrich to the league and/or police could open the team up to lawsuits from Aldrich. It was Aldrich's word against Beach's. Taking the accusations outside of the team, and going to the league about it, could give Aldrich reason to sue the BlackHawks as he could argue that his career was damaged by reporting unproven accusations that should have been kept in house. It's not fair, but labor laws favor the worker in these situations. The same thing has happened with teachers and doctors who have been accused of serious wrongdoing. It's just easier to pass the buck if you cant prove they did anything wrong.

Wouldn't not reporting it to the league and police have been enough of a reason to have him agree to resign?

Still a recommendation in this case is sort of complicity in my eyes. at least morally

Size has nothing to do with threatening or intimidating someone. Aldrich was part of the coaching staff and therefore had power over Beach. If he used that power to intimidate Beach into committing sexual acts that he otherwise would not commit, that would at least be sexual harassment. Whether or not that meets the legal requirement of "rape", or whether or not its considered "consensual" is a question for a lawyer. Which I definitely am not. Regardless, what Aldrich did was wrong. And Beach could rightly be labeled a 'victim' IMO. There were things the Hawks should have done differently, but they also had their hands tied to some extent too.

He did the right thing to report it but the Hawks did NOTHING to adress the matter and help him or even investigate it. That says a lot about an organisation

exactly and the Hawks did NOTHING. They just let it happen, wrote a nice evaluation letter and send him somewhere else to carry on. Sh*t happens and an organisation has to deal with it responsibly even if it´s inconvenient.

arent democrats ok with this?

Edvinsson and some of the other D prospects makes keeping Leddy unnecessary, IMO. I'm not against it, but if he can get us a 1st or 2nd at the TDL, you have to take it. SY can always acquire another veteran D via trade. He's done it the last 2 years. Fabbri is a fine middle 6 forward. Would not mind keeping him going forward. But if Berggren and Tyutyayev are part of the future, then Fabbri is also expendable. Like Leddy, if he can get you a good pick at the TDL, its Bye Bye for me.

I would focus more on finishing the rebuild then sneaking into the playoffs.

No thank you. I'll take winning the Cup over drafting in the top 5. Let's win the whole thing.

this one is on ESPN+/Hulu, btw