The official comments from so many NHL players and teams is sorely lacking any substance.

This is unacceptable and garbage. We need to hold this sport accountable as fans, especially because hockey tends to be a hotbed of privilege and white supremacy. Passively ingesting a sport for fun without acknowledgement for the destructive opinions players, owners, coaches, etc hold allows those violent statements to stand uncontested. If you choose neutrality in times like these, you are passively choosing the site of the oppressor, choosing an unacceptable status quo.