Quoting: jamnjon
If it were just a single incident when he was 15 it'd be one thing. He bullied several teammates, was accused of using racial slurs against an opponent (the league had a hearing for him and couldn't verify it had happened, but they never even notified the accuser or the accuser's coach of the hearing to give his side of things), was kicked off a team after a week for peeing on a teammate's stuff in response to being hazed, despite his skill he wasn't accepted back to the Jr Ducks, and then posted the picture you're talking about and was kicked off his team for it.
All of these stories have come from one group of people…same click of parents in California. Yet, on every other team he has played on, none of this seems to have happened.
Now people want to compare him to Mitchell Miller and say he should never be able to play hockey again. Some draft observers are trying to claim that he is on NHL teams’ “do not draft” lists, yet freely admit that they haven’t actually heard scouts or GMs ever say that. But the US NTDP has brought one player from outside their program to the U-18s. They do their homework. And one of the most respected coaches in all of NCAA has vouched for him (going so far as to attend some Tri-City events to let it be known).
Everyone makes mistakes, especially when they are children. Some learn from their mistakes by taking ownership of them, make amends. Others hide from accountability, point blame at others. I believe the former is better measure of character.
You can believe what you want.