The NHL went ahead with games on Wednesday night despite the NBA, the WNBA, MLS and MLB postponing some or all of theirs following the Bucks' boycottof their MLB playoff game. Milwaukee made
https://www.avalanchejerseymall.com/jarome-iginla-jersey the decision in response to the shooting of an unarmed Black man in Wisconsin bypolice."I'll be honest, I haven't really heard much in regards to Jacob Blake's attempted murder," . "It's unfortunate, we're obviously talking about another Black man unarmed being shot in the back in front of his children."But again, we had these conversations earlier with the George Floyd killing of continuing the conversation, furthering the conversation, everybody wanting to be better and making sure that we're more vocal and we do better moving forward. Here's another example, unfortunately, but it's also another example of the lack of with regards to our league and our players and our media that cover our game."The Wild's Matt Dumba, who like Kane is a founding member of , which wascreated two months ago and is dedicated to eradicating systemic racism and intolerance in hockey, was not surprised by the NHL's lack of involvement." The NHL is always last to the party, especially on these topics," . "It's kind of sad and disheartening for me and for members of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, and I'm sure for other guys acro s the league. But if no one stands
https://www.avalanchejerseymall.com/peter-forsberg-jersey up and does anything, then it's the same thing."It's just that silence. You're just outside, looking in on actually being leaders and evoking real change when you have such an opportunity to do so."Both players have beenvocal regarding the NHL's social activism or, often, lack thereof. And they agree that changes need to come from all players, not just minority players."It's not just my responsibility as a minority player in the NHL to be talking about these i sues. It's not just Wayne Simmonds
https://www.avalanchejerseymall.com/francois-beauchemin-jersey or Akim Aliu or Joel Ward or Matt Dumba's stance or i sues in this society, it's everybody's," said Kane. "Until everybody decides to take it upon themselves and maybe step away from some of their privileges to educate themselves and really fight with us, we're going
https://www.avalanchejerseymall.com/calvin-pickard-jersey to be in the same situation we are today."Dumba, who made an impa sioned speechat the beginning of August before the Oilers and Blackhawks played a qualifying-round game, noted that it iseven morecritical now for white players to have a voice."You're just relying on the minority guys to step up and say it," he said."But what would really make the most impact is to have strong white leaders from teams step up and have their two cents heard.""All the other white kids who grow up watching them, who might be their biggest fans, can look up and say, 'Wow, if he's seeing this and understand and trying to stand up and to listen, then why
https://www.avalanchejerseymall.com/tyson-barrie-jersey I am not as well? Why am I continuing to hold on to this ignorance or hate that I feel towards a subject that I maybe don't know everything about?'" Dumba added.It's fair to say that the NHL needs to take action as its next step, and while Kane said that social media has helped fuel the movement, "at the end of the day, it's going to be about real action and meaningful change, and unfortunately that still isn't occurring, and we need to be better."As Dumba said inhis radio spot, things need to change."There's a lot of good people in hockey," he said, "but thesilence is as bad as the violence."