#melinda hates the nhl

[ivyglow]

I made something

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Sorry if this is stupid but what happened to Karlsson in Ottawa? Is the family ok?

Hey, anon, that's not a stupid question at all. I think this was one of those situations that Ottawa and the NHL tried to brush under the rug as much as possible, and then used "character issues" as an explanation for how things eventually turned out. This above link was the first national sports publication I can remember reporting the incident/allegations (apart from a local Ottawa paper). There are several followup stories and other places with details out there, though.

In short: Melinda Karlsson wound up filing an order of protection against Mike Hoffman's fiance - at the time that both players were on the Senators - alleging that the latter had targeted her in a campaign of harassment of online bullying using mostly burner accounts. This was following the stillbirth of the Karlsson's first child, which a good deal of the harassment revolved around. Hoffman's fiance wound up filing a counter-suit and the entire thing was dismissed with no definitive resolution as to what actually occurred. I don't claim to know anything about the dynamics that exist between wives and girlfriends on teams, but there was an overwhelming amount of support from the other SOs for Melinda when she made her story public. For Ottawa, they "resolved" it, by trading both Hoffman and Karlsson later that season.

This is definitely an oversimplification of a very serious matter, on my part, but I hope the above link provides some context, and if you need any further resources please reach out.

Also, I'm sure @batsinurbelfrey would be more than willing to provide any other information and/or context about this, as she is a Sharks/Karlsson fan and stands by violently hating Hoffman as her one really "hot take."

I hope this helped.

[ivyglow]

I- apparently tom wilson is some type of God to them because he’s allowed to do whatever he wants and get away, while everyone else gets a suspension/fine.

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I know we are all creating memes and trying to cope w this whole circus going on right now, but can you imagine if that was the answer the nhl gave to a powerful team like the rangers, what would they do to a single player that decides to speak up?! I can't imagine how hard it is for some of them (especially queers and players of color).

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n*l is out here like: yes let’s have on ice executions but don’t say anything about our georgie worgie or else 🥺😠🔫

rangers hurt their feelings 😭😔 smh

theyre like:

[ivyglow]

this is the national hockey league dealing w things when players/and teams ask for help

[ivyglow]

250k fine for speaking the truth.. what bull crap

IKR!!!!

[ivyglow]

while I think they 100% dropped the ball with the wilson favortism at least with these last two suspensions it looks like they're trying to be more consistent but then that begs the questions of: are they only doing it because of the backlash? how long will they keep it up? and will they suspend a star player like crosby or mcdavid if one of them pulls this nonsense?

I don’t see consistency in a league that still didn’t punish wilson the way he deserves and fined a team organization just because they pointed it out. I also don't think they'll punish the favs just because people are mad tbh, but let’s wait and see.

[ivyglow]

I mean butch’s suspension makes sense, he should not have done that. However, the whole ordeal with Wilson not getting a suspension and only a fine sounds odd.

yeah, nonny, that’s exactly what we’re talking about, butch, ghosty etc wasn’t unfair per see, unfair is the fact that some get punished and some don’t.

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lmao https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Clown_Association#

NHL fined for doing the WCL (world clown association) job! fine: do a proper job as a hockey league and hold everyone accountable, not just the ones they don’t care about. 

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