NHL to investigate again on the homophobic slur in Toronto

Who’s to blame? Is this a witch hunt now?

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NHL to investigate again on the homophobic slur in Toronto
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It wasn’t Morgan Rielly. The Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman knew he hadn’t utter the homophobic slur and wanted the investigation to take place. The Leafs were very proactive in the situation, which turned out for the best for the blue liner and the Canadian team. 

The NHL’s investigation into the alleged use of a homophonic slur picked up by a microphone during Monday’s game between the Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning closed on Tuesday with the determination that Rielly didn’t direct any such language at referee Brad Meier.

However, it seems like someone else did…

During the Tuesday’s segment of Insider Trading on TSN, Pierre LeBrun applauded the Leafs for being so quick to respond and willing to do anything to help the investigation and continue battling for equality inside and outside NHL dressing rooms.

“Rather than disputing what was said or what wasn’t, the focus should be if [a slur] was said, how horrible that is. Every time it’s even thought that those types of words are uttered in our facility or anywhere, we have to do our part as the Toronto Maple Leafs to [get] rid [of] casual homophobia, vulgar homophobia, things that make people of any sexuality or sexual orientation feel unsafe or uncomfortable in our facilities,” Leafs GM Kyle Dubas explained in the press conference.

However, we now wonder if the league will investigate some more on the incident, as LeBrun once again pointed out last night that someone seemed to have utter the words, which need to be taken out entirely of people’s vocabulary. The statement from NHL senior executive vice-president and director of hockey operations Colin Campbell didn’t explicitly say that no one else on the ice used homophobic language, only that Rielly didn’t utter it.

“Of course, Morgan Rielly strongly denying muttering the slur in that moment, and of course the evidence that the league investigated did not support it either. It certainly was deplorable that it appears that someone made the slur, but the Leafs in absolutely no way would ever tolerate that and wanted to get to the bottom of this,” explained LeBrun. 

So, who did utter the words? Are the Leafs still investigating? Is the Lighting? The league might get back in there and dig some more… 

We will have to wait and see if more will be done for this specific situation that quickly went viral and talked about all over the league on Tuesday. 

Source: TSN