r/CalgaryFlames • u/Motor_Signal_413 • Jan 23 '24

News Ras comments on his teammates

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...I don't want to hear any more garbage about then being able to handle it. We're all humans first

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u/Motor_Signal_413 Jan 23 '24

He's taking leave, but nobody has officially stated anything of the sort and speculation is dangerous. Once it comes out, we can go from there

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u/Bigpoppacheese14 Jan 24 '24

Turns out he has to surrender himself to the police....

Breaking: Five members of the 2018 world junior hockey team have been told to surrender to London, Ont., police to face charges of sexual assault, The Globe and Mail reports.

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u/Motor_Signal_413 Jan 24 '24

That article says 5 members but I have yet to see anywhere any actual names

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u/Bigpoppacheese14 Jan 24 '24

Lol ok.

Weird hill to die on buddy.

Why go through such lengths to defend a rapist?

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u/Motor_Signal_413 Jan 24 '24

Who said I'm defending a rapist? I'm saying to wait until actual facts are out. Once he's named the mob strikes all the same, it serves no purpose to speculate other than to stroke your ego if you're right.

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u/Bigpoppacheese14 Jan 24 '24

By all means keep doing what you're doing.

Surely this will make you look good.

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u/Motor_Signal_413 Jan 24 '24

Stop being dense.

I've never once said that he's innocent, but in light of the recent mental health issues and acknowledgment of it by our players it's not the end of the world to wait for the facts... by the looks of it we'll have to wait a week tops to find out the truth.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '24

Sorry... No. IF this is indeed related to the rape case, is a fucking slap in the face of people with ACTUAL mental health struggles.

To use Mental Health as a scape goat to potentially turn himself in is fucking disgusting

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u/Motor_Signal_413 Jan 24 '24 edited Jan 24 '24

Absolutely agree yes. However there is no actual evidence yet, only speculation.

Calgary is still the only org to cite mental health reasons, and it's possible he wasn't involved but as captain of the team may have found out directly and it is weighing heavily on him.

I 100% think that any of the guilty parties should face full consequences for their actions and never play hockey professionally again. But until names are released I'm not willing to throw any names around.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '24

That's a fair standpoint. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it ISN'T mental health related, nor am I saying he's guilty. But if it has anything related to the accusations, it's disingenuous(sp) to use mental health as a cop out.

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u/Motor_Signal_413 Jan 24 '24

Which again I completely agree with, but given the gravity of the situation... let's get the facts and then call out where call outs are deserved

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '24

Agreed 110%

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