09-23-2020, 12:48 PMcaltroit_red_flames Wrote:

09-23-2020, 12:46 PMMazatt Wrote: Teams have goalies and if you have a dude that's going to make 1 or 2 people on most teams feel unwelcome, you probably don't want that despite how good he is

Why? He's not a homophobe, he's not a racist, etc.

Being homophobic or racist isn't the only bar for being a lil dinky guy that no one wants. Being racist/homophobic got Ruutu cut and he showed some form of change to come back. Just rubbing people the wrong way and creating an image that you will continue that behaviour in a locker room is enough for me to accept teams not signing him. Locker rooms are one of the biggest deals in terms of creating good culture for a team, potentially screwing that over for a goalie doesn't seem smart to me imo