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Yes, there are undoubtedly other conservatives in hockey. But most of them shut up online. If you're a public figure making public statements (as she did about trans athletes), then you open yourself up to criticism. It's also disingenuous to suggest this is the fault of her upbringing. I'm a white Catholic hockey player, but I'm also a queer, trans-positive, pro-Palestine anarchist.

Moreover, I don't see the fit for her on Minnesota. She's not good enough to play top-six (who's she going to displace? Taylor? Kelly? Kendall? Grace?) and she's not physical or conditioned enough to be a bottom-six grinder. She was a non-factor on the international stage save for getting a stick to the face and taking dumb penalties.

Also, yes, I do give this same energy to shitty men in sports. I canceled my partial season ticket packages for the Flyers when they traded for DeAngelo. I donated $79 to WOAR when Carter Hart was arrested for sex assault. It's not that bigots don't have a place in hockey. It's that they shouldn't.