Boston Bruins signing Mitchell Miller is a dark stain on a sport already wrestling with its own lack of morality, ByRichardMorin writes in his latest column.
in 2019 after former player Akim Aliu said Peters used a racial epithet while talking to him in the AHL a decade earlier.Nothing says “NHL Culture” like a coordinated Instagram apology by Mitchell Miller to “rehabilitate” him back to the league after victimizing & torturing someone for their race & disability for years. Every aspect of this is unsettling, including his representation.
The Bruins, however, had access to all the information — all the gruesome details. Sweeney even said the team debated whether this was a prudent move for the organization. Their unprincipled decision should be considered a permanent mark on this Bruins regime. It remains to be seen whether Miller will be allowed to play for the Bruins' AHL affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island, with whom he practiced Friday.
Yes, Miller committed these atrocities when he was in eighth grade. He was young, and the Bruins are among those who believe he deserves a second chance.
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