i can’t seem to find the nhl’s reason for this anywhere. i’m sure it’s not very good tho
amateurexpertboxing
Wear it anyway. Start the rebellion.
PrettyHappyPerson
Who cares
shawmahawk
It’s kinda wild how tone deaf the league is on the Wild getting wild about wild bans on really beautiful work.
Commercial-Set3527
There is a team called the Blackhawks!!! Wtf how are they allowed to play with those jerseys?!
JennySplotz
What a hill to die on…
lostinrabbithole12
When asked for comment, Commissioner Gary Bettman said, “WHY DO THESE PLAYERS HAVE TO HAVE LIVES! WHY CAN’T THEY JUST PLAY HOCKEY AND STUFF!”
HotHits630
Is it because the NHL don’t want to upset indigenous Americans? Because the Blackhawks are still a team…with obvious special treatment.
JWHY1975
Sooooo last year, no gay pride. Now this. Next year?
palmerd2
I wonder if he would be allowed to wear it if he didn’t specify it was for First Nations night?
thetruthiseeit
The NHL doesn’t allow specialty masks on theme nights. Why should Fleury get to break the rules? Is he super special or something?
According-Surround
If I was Fleury I’d just say fuck it and wear it as my everyday mask from here out
s0ciety_a5under
MAF can do whatever he wants. The fans will support him, because we know he’s only going to want to do positive things. Wear that mask and let all the Native Americans see it and feel some pride. The man just wants to honor his wife and her heritage. Fuck the NHL for this terrible decision. It’s a fucking mask, and it looked badass!
TalithePally
Imagine banning this helmet but not the Blackhawks logo
greyshirtfreshman
We WaNt To GrOw ThE gAmE
DontToewsM3Bro
Another WTF decision by the brain trust of the NHL
NorthboundUrsine
Hockey is for everyone.
Derp.
As long as we don’t acknowledge them.
Derp.
SpecialDispensation
I’d like the opportunity of this thread to mention the stately and boring fact that hockey was invented by the Mi’kmaq tribe of Eastern Canada. It was played on frozen pond with bone skates and wood pucks between themselves and eventually European settlers, primarily French traders. It eventually matured into the game of hockey we know by the French with the inclusion of metal skates and indoor rinks. The first hockey sticks were hand made by the Mi’kmaq tribes and in fact, were called MICMAC sticks. Which some argue is the actual etymology of the word hockey, a French interpretation of the word Micmac.
I repost this to acknowledge the irony in denying native heritage in a game created by natives named after natives.
ReTep481
If I were him, I would have worn it anyway. Who gives a fuck what the NHL thinks?
Winger61
The problem was the teams were forcing all the players to wear pride day, week, month year and some of the players didn’t want to. As usual if don’t support all thing WOKE than you can’t support anything and MSNBC will call you names.
tipsup
Ridiculous
idislikeian
The Staal brothers claim that they have never worn a Native American heritage mask.
Sad to say, but here it is again… best sport, worst managed league!
OG_MajinVegeta
That’s bs and I’m Native and huge NHL fan but that makes a Lil ticked
sometimesifeellikemu
I’m from the future. He wore it anyway.
vinegarstrokes420
The official Wild social media accounts even posted a nice video of him revealing the mask with the designer. Easy win to let him wear it and cover all fines to fight the league over their petty BS.
Kind-Payment1731
Just to be clear, this is the same league that after someone died from a skate blade to the neck, that they could not force players to use neck guards it had to be each players individual choice…..but having a cause that you care deeply about on your equipment…ABSOLUTELY NOT! The NHL is a joke…just a reminder this whole thing was their response to 7 homophobic players that didn’t like pride night so the solution was to cancel everything that means anything to the rest of the ‘league’
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Killers of the Fleury Moon
i can’t seem to find the nhl’s reason for this anywhere. i’m sure it’s not very good tho
Wear it anyway. Start the rebellion.
Who cares
It’s kinda wild how tone deaf the league is on the Wild getting wild about wild bans on really beautiful work.
There is a team called the Blackhawks!!! Wtf how are they allowed to play with those jerseys?!
What a hill to die on…
When asked for comment, Commissioner Gary Bettman said, “WHY DO THESE PLAYERS HAVE TO HAVE LIVES! WHY CAN’T THEY JUST PLAY HOCKEY AND STUFF!”
Is it because the NHL don’t want to upset indigenous Americans? Because the Blackhawks are still a team…with obvious special treatment.
Sooooo last year, no gay pride. Now this. Next year?
I wonder if he would be allowed to wear it if he didn’t specify it was for First Nations night?
The NHL doesn’t allow specialty masks on theme nights. Why should Fleury get to break the rules? Is he super special or something?
If I was Fleury I’d just say fuck it and wear it as my everyday mask from here out
MAF can do whatever he wants. The fans will support him, because we know he’s only going to want to do positive things. Wear that mask and let all the Native Americans see it and feel some pride. The man just wants to honor his wife and her heritage. Fuck the NHL for this terrible decision. It’s a fucking mask, and it looked badass!
Imagine banning this helmet but not the Blackhawks logo
We WaNt To GrOw ThE gAmE
Another WTF decision by the brain trust of the NHL
Hockey is for everyone.
Derp.
As long as we don’t acknowledge them.
Derp.
I’d like the opportunity of this thread to mention the stately and boring fact that hockey was invented by the Mi’kmaq tribe of Eastern Canada. It was played on frozen pond with bone skates and wood pucks between themselves and eventually European settlers, primarily French traders. It eventually matured into the game of hockey we know by the French with the inclusion of metal skates and indoor rinks. The first hockey sticks were hand made by the Mi’kmaq tribes and in fact, were called MICMAC sticks. Which some argue is the actual etymology of the word hockey, a French interpretation of the word Micmac.
I repost this to acknowledge the irony in denying native heritage in a game created by natives named after natives.
If I were him, I would have worn it anyway. Who gives a fuck what the NHL thinks?
The problem was the teams were forcing all the players to wear pride day, week, month year and some of the players didn’t want to. As usual if don’t support all thing WOKE than you can’t support anything and MSNBC will call you names.
Ridiculous
The Staal brothers claim that they have never worn a Native American heritage mask.
NHL can suck a fart out of my arse
Bettman, is that you?
https://www.reddit.com/r/nhl/s/Brz4ceB3o7 f*ck yeahhh MAF wears it anyway. What a stud
Sad to say, but here it is again… best sport, worst managed league!
That’s bs and I’m Native and huge NHL fan but that makes a Lil ticked
I’m from the future. He wore it anyway.
The official Wild social media accounts even posted a nice video of him revealing the mask with the designer. Easy win to let him wear it and cover all fines to fight the league over their petty BS.
Just to be clear, this is the same league that after someone died from a skate blade to the neck, that they could not force players to use neck guards it had to be each players individual choice…..but having a cause that you care deeply about on your equipment…ABSOLUTELY NOT! The NHL is a joke…just a reminder this whole thing was their response to 7 homophobic players that didn’t like pride night so the solution was to cancel everything that means anything to the rest of the ‘league’