What He Said

To follow up from the previous post, it turns out that Shane Doan has been alleged to have said something along the lines of:

"There are 4 French Canadian referees...think about it."

This was during a game in Montreal, in which Doan was frustrated over the refereeing.

If you've ever played sports, it's like a fundamental right to complain about officiating. What better excuse is there than to say "the ref lost us the game...it certainly wasn't me."

If that sentence uttered by Doan was derogatory, then I'm guilty too. Anytime you go into someone else's home rink/court/field, you're always a bit wary of where the officiating crew is from. And if it happens to be giving the benefit of the doubt to the home team, you generally say something along the lines of, "Hometown officiating crew...think about it."

It was nice of the NHL to clear Doan of the comments he allegedly made. Too bad the government couldn't follow suit. I mean, sure Quebec voters are important, but you'd think a majority of Canada (namely Ontario) would be upset with a political party(ies) that ruined one of our few remaining symbols of national pride.