Pokecheque wrote:
E.L. wrote:
Molson is getting a ton of blowback for his 90 minute press conference, which he called solely to dispel rumours about stepping down as Prez, and proceeded to say nothing of substance about Coronavirus, BLM, laying off a ton of employees and begging the feds for a handout.
He's an empty shell of a person. No surprise this organization has tanked under his stewardship.
Really? How does a guy talk for an hour and a half about nothing?
Example:
Question: “What steps would you like to see the Canadiens undertake in terms of trying to support racial inequality and the movements like Black Lives Matter, given the type of influence the Canadiens have in the sports world and in society at large, especially Quebec society?”
Answer: “Yeah, I think it’s a great question and, as you saw, last week we issued a statement and we also had some real heartfelt statements from our players such as Shea Weber and Brendan Gallagher. The whole world appears to be behind this. For us, we will continue to support it, support the movement. In everything we do we will be – we have been, and we will always be – very welcoming of all fans and all spectators to any of our events. And certainly, we’ll follow this as it goes along and be very supportive of it.”
Question: “Do you get the sense of kind of a societal revolution within the league, especially when you consider Akim Aliu, his column that he put out that addressed the issue of racism in hockey, do you see that there are steps being made that will probably improve the state of race relations within the NHL, given that the players we mentioned have spoken out on that issue?”
Answer: “I sure do believe we will, and I hope we will. We’ve got a task force – the NHL has a task force – of people that are dedicated to this and want to increase the respect for diversity in the NHL and across all teams. So for sure, and I’m entirely behind it.”