[Emily Kaplan] “I’ve heard that some of the [accused] players were directed by their lawyers not to tell their teams any details about potential charges. Not sure how this played out in Calgary, but something to keep in mind.”

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1. I don’t find it that hard to believe that a dude accused of gang rape would also have 0 issue lying to the team

   But I also find it hard to believe the Flames didn’t have any idea that this was happening

2. They have a whole team of PR people…how long will it take to issue a statement? This looks really bad on the team. They need to say something…this cheapens Kylington’s time away.

3. Giving them the benefit of the doubt but I still find it hard to believe the teams had no idea. Going full Reddit schizo, NHL completed an investigation months ago, they were just waiting on LPD for charges. I have to believe Bettman would see the findings of the report and how does he not tell his employers? Do owners not pass this down in their organization?

4. I could see it being possible that they just repeated what Dube told them as to why he was leaving since he was the first to take leave and that was before the avalanche of news. I’ll be looking forward to hearing what the team has to say pending the announcement of charges.

5. Its why the length of this is so frustrating. This story isn’t new and there were/are some big names on that roster. Hockey Canada owns a lot in how all of this was handled but why this long for charges?

   As for the Flames, how do you suspend a player for something there were no charges on? I’m sure theres something in the CBA that allowed all of the players the ability to play, because they were not charged, just suspected. I highly doubt Dube told the Flames, yep I raped her. I’m curious what the London Police/ Hockey Canada shared with the NHL or the individual teams. Doubt we’ll ever know.

6. The org has a lot of explaining to do it seems

7. I’m sure there will be a clam rational discussion about this on r/hockey

8. This is why someone from the organization has to address this immediately. If they weren’t aware of what was going on they absolutely have to come out and say that. Today.

9. If you’re gonna try and convince me that guys like Iginla and Conroy weren’t in the loop about this considering their ties to Hockey Canada… this whole thing is just a disgrace.

10. Everyone in the country knows Dube was captain of a team that’s under investigation for sexual assault. Give a boilerplate statement. Don’t make yourself look naive or ignorant or worse.

    Everything the organization has done with Dube since the investigation was announced should have gone through their legal team. Twice.

11. I always find Reddit much more reasonable than Facebook and Twitter, for the flames anyways. The team is getting ripped apart on other social media outlets, but people on Reddit seem to understand the team was between a rock (what they were pretty sure it was about) and a hard place (what they were told by the player) and that breaking legal news is more a job for the police than a hockey team.

12. Ya, no shit. If they told the team they would have been likely cut immediately.

13. I smell grounds for contract termination if he lied.