The NHL has drawn criticism for not joining the NBA, WNBA, MLS and some MLB teams in the protests Wednesday
“We are obviously united and support the stand other major leagues did,” Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara said after the decision was announced. “Obviously, we thought this was the right thing to do, to take a stand.”AdvertisementSan Jose Sharks winger Evander Kane, a co-founder of the HDA, made the request to pause play public on Thursday afternoon, tweeting: “We the [HDA] have formally requested the [NHL] to suspend all playoff games today.
“If you look around this room there is a lot of white athletes in here and I think that is a statement . . . for all these athletes in here to take a stand . . . I go to war with these guys and hate their guts on the ice, but I couldn’t be more proud,” Ryan Reaves, of the Vegas Golden Knights, said at a news conference with NHL players in Edmonton.
“We’re all for equality and social justice . . . but right now we’re here to play a game,” Vigneault told reporters early Thursday afternoon.Kane, as well as Dumba, had expressed disappointment Wednesday that the shooting of Blake wasn’t a topic of conversation among players in a league that predominantly consists of white and Canadian players.
Kane tweeted Wednesday that the overall “lack of action and acknowledgment” was “incredibly insulting.” “We really didn’t find out that the other leagues had taken their stance until we got here tonight,” Lightning defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk said after Game 3 of a second-round series against the Bruins. “It was something that I think for us was something we found out by the time we got to the rink and something we’ll have to address going forward.”
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