I went to a hockey game and a hockey game broke out! Not a political protest
Wouldn’t expect anything less from the NHL. Real men.........
Very proud of my Penguins. The Steelers can pound salt.
Watch the NHL..now THAT is a real sport!! They have more respect for OUR flag than douche bag NFL and NBA players. Saw a beautiful video last night, in Canada, the Oilers were playing(Not sure who they were playing) and during the Anthem the microphone stopped working so what did the fans do, they SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, in Canada..even THEY respect our flag..NHL fans are awesome!
Hmmmm? Thinking I may become a hockey fan!
How many Russians play for the Penguins....heh heh.
Thanks for not being a hockey puck.
Sincerely,
the ghost of Don Rickles.
There are more Canadians than Americans in the NHL. Canada gets a lot of well-deserved criticism from conservatives down here in the U.S., but I can tell you from experience that they are among the most respectful people in the world when it comes to dealing with foreign countries and their traditions.
Huh - for a second I wondered if the Penguins were still owned by the DeBartolos, the same family that owns the 49ers. But I see Edward DeBartolo Sr. sold the team quite a while ago, and the Penguins are now owned by former Penguins great Mario Lemieux.
Seriously! They had to include that comment? Good grief.
I am glad they are attending, but there simply is NO DEFENSE WHATSOEVER for what these players, teams, owners, and the NFL management are doing.
I agree with all of the sentiment and I love hockey. I will also say that if the league had just one a-hole who disrespected either flags and anthems,it would be scandalous.
Given the fact that likely half or more of every NHL team is not American I am not terribly surprised.
You hear the least amount of politics from hockey players than any other professional league.
1. Only 20% of NHL roster spots, more or less, are made up of Americans.
2. About 50% of NHL roster spots are Canadian.
3 There are only about 30 black players in the NHL or AHL affiliates. Of those there are Canadians, Americans and dual citizens.
You couple all of those things and you can see that NHL teams don’t have the potential national and racial makeup to make a White House visit political.
Hell in 98 when the Czechs won the gold medal at the Olympics half the team were Penguins (Or so it seemed.) Hockey is the least American sport as far as roster spots go.
..good for the Pens, who are my second team—GO KINGS GO!
I do wonder what Suban might do.
There are easily more Canadians tham Americans on the Penguins. So the Canadians are more respectful of American institutions than the Americans!
BTW, California (Golden State) is going Dem in 2020 regardless, but Pennsylvania is crucial for re-election. I guess Trump should root for Cleveland to win the World Series.
Like many NHL teams they probanly have lots more players who are not Americams so this is very meaningfully. They appreciate what Amsrica gives them.
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It should be noted that less than half of the team are Americans...(and no BLMers) as is the entire NHL.
With that being said, the crap most NHL players have to endure before they make it to the NHL makes the NFL players look like the coddled elitists that they are.
Approximately 12 years ago Red Wings star Chris Chelios's brother Steve moved here to Michigan from California and rented the house behind me. He shared a lot of insight into what he and his brother had to deal with because of parents who wanted them to become NHL stars. Most notably being shipped off to Canada as teenagers and fostered by Canadian families while they played junior hockey and went to school......hockey first.
Mainly because the NHL isn’t populated by players who would otherwise be slinging dope and shooting each other to control street corners, unlike the NFL and NBA players.