The NHL has acquired a lot of new fans over the last few days, and they aren’t necessarily the people the league has been trying to reach.
At a time when sports leagues across North America are taking a stand against systemic anti-Black racism through gestures such as kneeling for the anthem, calling for the arrest of Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove (the cops who murdered Breonna Taylor in her sleep) and having players display messages of social justice on the backs of their uniforms, the NHL’s reluctance to do or say much of anything speaks volumes.