Don Cherry is a media titan - to many around the hockey world, particularly traditionalists, he's almost a god and his opinion shapes conversations across the hockey world.
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This is also one of the foundations that the defenders of hockey culture as it is base their argument on.ĭownie's comments are huge because they're the first time an "active" NHL player (Downie is currently a free agent, but is still on the open market and, one assumes, ready to take up a contract should the right one be offered) has openly challenged the "untouchables" in the conversation that shapes the game.
The comments for the article were in the main supportive, but there was a lot that argued that the players are playing of their own free will and "know the risks", so to speak. That article argued that a lot of hockey culture was based on players being sold a lie by those around the game. Two weeks ago we at Chowder argued that hockey culture is killing players. This, in a nutshell, is why Steve Downie's comments are so important. As long as people like Cherry are untouchable, it’s going to be awfully hard to do so." " We’ve never had a serious conversation about the consequences of selling hockey through violence, be it fighting or the type of damaging head-shots Cherry and his ilk have long cheered on. Our SBN counterparts at Silver Seven Sens have done an excellent job writing about Downie's attack on Cherry and why it's so unprecedented here - they conclude with the paragraph that leads into this article: Wish I never played.- Steve Downie December 24, 2016ĭownie has since continued to sporadically tweet - most recently last night calling NHL executive Colin Campbell "the biggest piece of **** the NHL has to offer". But again, I did what don cherry said to do every Saturday night.
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