> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Monday FTB: Hockey culture is messed up - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-roster-pretty-much-set-hockey-culture-is-messed-up/ - Published: 2020-10-26T10:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-10-26T10:00:00.000Z - Description: In a slow news period, this stood out - Author: Brian Stewart - Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50 This has been a pretty dark year for many people, but it’s also not been a bright ray of sunshine for the hockey world. Some of these happened in 2019, technically, but close enough to now that they fall within the last 12 months: - This happened in November 2019, so not technically in 2020, but recent enough I wanted to include: that whole Don Cherry thing. - Akim Aliu and his history of dealing with racism, namely from Bill Peters. - Mike Babcock’s mind games with Mitch Marner. - Brendan Leipsic essentially getting kicked out of the league when his toxic DMs on teammates and their significant others came out. - Daniel Carcillo’s various accounts of how messed up hockey culture is, including what he himself admits he participated in. - The lawsuit that Carcillo and others have filed against the CHL for their inaction in dealing with extreme hazing and abuse. - Former NHL-er Jeremy Roenick fired over sexual comments he made on a female co-worker. - The explosion of protests and the Black Lives Matter movement around the start of the pandemic, and how the NHL responded to it and the Hockey Diversity Alliance (HDA). - Dealing with Donald Trump’s family praising the NHL for lagging behind other leagues on social matters. - Dealing with the fallout of not suspending their games the same day as the WNBA, NBA and other leagues. - Dealing with the PR battle with the HDA on matters of making the league more diverse, including the eventual severance of official ties between the two. - [Mike Milbury](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-nhl-analyst-nba-sports-apologizes-comments-about-women/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). - Eric Guest, former OHL player, and his various accounts of the bullying, abuse and drug use he experienced as a teenager while on the Kitchener Rangers. - Just this past week, The Athletic published a piece “[Why do so few women work in sports radio?](https://theathletic.com/2102918/2020/10/21/why-do-so-few-women-work-in-sports-radio/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)” that led to one hockey writer getting fired from two different scouting outlets, and a TSN Radio guy getting flamed for their remarks claiming women just aren’t interested. / There’s probably even more than this, maybe even double the points, and I just can’t remember because there was just a lot of them and 2020 has been... A LOT. Well, over the weekend the newest story of horror about hockey culture came out. [CBC published an article](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-hockey-seizure-video-1.5775894?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) about a video that had been discovered about teenage boys were playing this bizarre and violent game against their own teammate who wound up having a seizure. I don’t even have any words to comment on this. This new incident is horrifying. Everything else I listed above it are horrifying. At what point do we stop thinking of these as isolated incidents and start realizing that they’re symptoms? ## ONTO THE LINKS [Inside the fight to get Herb Carnegie into the Hockey Hall of Fame](https://www.sportsnet.ca/longform/inside-fight-get-herb-carnegie-hockey-hall-fame/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by David Singh at Sportsnet.ca [Back to Excited Episode 121: Depth Signings and Hiring Practices](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/back-to-excited-episode-121-depth-signings-and-hiring-practices/) | by Arvind and Fulemin [There likely isn’t an odd man out on the Leafs blueline](https://theleafsnation.com/2020/10/25/the-likely-isnt-an-odd-man-out-on-the-leafs-blueline/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by Jon Steitzer at TLN [Inside NHL’s plan for 2020-21 season: It’s ‘more challenging’ than summer retur](https://theathletic.com/2157280/2020/10/23/inside-nhls-plan-for-2020-21-season-its-more-challenging-than-summer-return/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)n | by Michael Russo at The Athletic [Sabres sign Reinhart to one-year deal](https://www.tsn.ca/bufalo-sabres-sign-sam-reinhart-to-one-year-deal-1.1543394?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by TSN.ca > ⭐️⭐️⭐️Filip Hallander (LW, SHL): 2 GP, 2 A, 15:19 ATOI > > Hallander picked up a primary assist in both outings this week for Lulea. After a slow start with 2 points in 7 games coming into the week, this could help spark Hallander's offence this season. He remains on the first line [pic.twitter.com/Amtxwp8xHc](https://t.co/Amtxwp8xHc?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Kyle Cushman (@Kyle\_Cush) [October 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/Kyle%5FCush/status/1320452895607787520?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > ⭐️⭐️Mikko Lehtonen (LD, KHL): 2 GP, 2 G, 25:02 ATOI > > After a slow week last week with just one assist, Lehtonen was back in his goal-scoring ways with goals vs. Amur and Barys. Tied for most goals by KHL defencemen and has the most points by 4 among KHL defencemen. [pic.twitter.com/LkGTKsghoD](https://t.co/LkGTKsghoD?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Kyle Cushman (@Kyle\_Cush) [October 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/Kyle%5FCush/status/1320452990000574464?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > ⭐️Denis Malgin (C, NLA): 2 GP, 2 G, 18:01 ATOI > > Malgin came to play this week for Lausanne with three goals in two games vs. Ambri-Piotta. It'll be tough to make the [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) roster with the amount of depth forwards under contract, but playing like this will help his case. [pic.twitter.com/c5dlKx9ohC](https://t.co/c5dlKx9ohC?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Kyle Cushman (@Kyle\_Cush) [October 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/Kyle%5FCush/status/1320453124545515521?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)