The NHL has, as of last year, changed policies related to jersey messaging – but was recently shown up by Mark Andre Fleury who chose to ignore league directions and wear his custom indigenous pride mask. That and more on today’s NHL hockey video!
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I think it’s time for Bettman to retire. He has been leading the NHL for far to long it’s time for younger blood to take over.
bettman is not a hockey person
Just patiently waiting for buttman to have a stroke while going down a flight of stairs
Just let then do whatever they want. LGBTQ pride? Go for it. Cancer? Go for it. Natives? GO FOR IT!! Why do we care?! Its not our jersey its theirs!!
I’m not concerned about flair tape on your stick or skates it’s being to forced to wear some going against their own religion
..NHL just should stop this shit.
god how is the NHL so stupid
GOOD FOR FLEURY !!! STUPID RULES ARE MENT TO BE BROKEN🎉
since when did trump and his kids start advising the nhl ????
GOOD
This is BS .🤬
Boy, I thought the MLB and NFL were bad. Heh. Hehehehehe. Oh dear.
Gary Bettman is a total Jagoff. He needs to be fired and replaced with someone with a brain
I can understand the NHL wanting to stay away from controversial social/political issues. I can understand them wanting to stay away from LGBT issues as there is alot of controversy about LGBT topics on both sides. I don't however see the problem if there is no controversy, no social/political statements why they can't wear a mask. I don't see why anyone would be upset with a fight cancer helmet or a native american art on a mask.
"The NHL needs to get its act together…"
Good thing this is the first time anyone's ever had to say that. I'm sure we can expect it to happen right away. Looking forward to the reffing not becoming completely arbitrary in the playoffs.
The nhl will start using a program that digitally removes things from the broadcast so they can censor what ever they want.
The NHL's culture of leadership needs a real overhaul. Good for Fleury. That was a great mask.
The goalies should ALWAYS be allowed to wear cool and creative masks. It is such a cool dynamic and as long as it isn't offensive symbols and relates to the jerseys I like it a lot.
I thought these gays hated the people who put indigenous down. Why would these tards not support this
FUck Bettman. They were trying to force stupid lgbt stuff on jerseys but you cannot honor native American culture that is actually oppressed. So pathetic.
Honestly who cares
@#$% off with your woke shit. no wonder I don't watch
Should players be permitted to adorn their helmet with Pro-Life decals?
I thought the thumbnail said Batman
Love this, this is not and should not be news. It's a hockey mask big whoop.
Fcuk the nhl well done fluery
I was sick of the jersey bullshit. Don't shove pride down my throat when I'm just trying to watch a hockey game. He should be able to wear the mask though.
Beyond all the drama, that mask looks dope with those jerseys
good on the nhl, no non-hockey related shit in our sport
Blame you pride parade wearing lunatics that innocent stuff like Fleury’s mask has to be enforced. It’s your fault.
I wish they just let these players where what they want show there pride for things they are passionate about
I want belive they vaned HOF and heritage and military
gary bettman aka the Rat..
Time for bettman to go, hes a dumbass,
I don’t have a problem with them banning all the woke nonsense jerseys but goalies have always painted designs on their masks for all sorts of things. There’s a difference between a goalie wearing a pride mask or whatever, that they designed for themselves and making entire organizations wear jerseys supporting things that the players themselves might not support.
I think the NHL stopped it because it's not right unless you are going to support ALL minority, oppressed, and/or indigenous peoples instead of just the popular ones. Italian peoples for instance have endured generations of racism and sickening stereotypes. Now, they are mostly just ignored and/or forgotten. Although it's not surprising, considering who runs all media. Don't even get me started on the idiocy of "fighting cancer" , when the official treatment by the medical community is a death sentence, yet therapies and modalities that work are outlawed. Wondering why any of this is happening is ridiculous – we are obviously living in upside-down land.
Bravo Marc- André Fleury! Bettman is a coward. And seriously out of touch.
The NHL and Bettman dont need Fleury to embarrass themselves. They do that just right on their own these last few years
i mean i think that players should be uniform come game time and should not reflect anything but the team but masks of the goalies has always been about there personal expression. but i kind of see the point where the mask was made specifically for that reason or that night….maybe if he would have just said its my new mask. The tape thing is just petty each player could use 8 different colors of tape and say i only had ten small strips of each color left. I agree let players choose to or not choose to participate during warmups leave the goalie helmet thing alone or they will get rid of the personalized masks of every goalie. but the problem is people are not okay with a player not participating or even not coming out…the league went extreme right because people were not okay with some choosing not to participate. for the majority the same people that are pointing fingers at bettman are the same people pointing fingers when someone chooses not to wear a specific jersey. above all though things like cancer or youth hockey or support of military or mother or fathers should not be part of this ban but i do agree they should bot be ridiculed if they choose not to wear a jersey.
Not everyone. The bigots who don’t want to see people having fun. Fleury just pissed off the bigots who don’t like the Indigenous people being represented in our hockey community. 🤷
Most rinks play on Indian land. Banning this will have repercussions.
THIS IS WHY GARY BETTMAN NEEDS TO GO !
I agree completely. Forcing players to wear something as stupid as a "pride" jersey is wrong. But then saying they aren't allowed to support a cause, that's something else entirely.
The fact of the matter is, they need to learn to keep political shit off the ice and away from the team. Why? Because chances are, about 50% of your fans don't support what they push.
Look at the support Provorov got for refusing to wear the gay jerseys. Most people supported him. It was only the idiots in the media that had an issue with it. I say, anything but military and fighting cancer, should be banned. Unless a goalie wants a mask that supports something they are into. Like when Thomas wore the "Don't Tread On Me" flag on his mask. Then got ran out of the NHL for it.