tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490799672665778084.post8306485857547132832..comments2013-10-03T03:59:38.698-07:00Comments on A Canadian girl's hockey blog: Wade BelakStephanie Taylor-Baptistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00448775149979113438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490799672665778084.post-11980425035884685402011-10-04T10:39:32.294-07:002011-10-04T10:39:32.294-07:00Finally someone else who seems to think that being...Finally someone else who seems to think that being an Enforcer had nothing to do with the death. Everyday people from similar industries take their own lives and nothing is made of it. It just so happened that the NHL has a small or (hidden) suicide rate that much was made out of this. The fact that they all were 'enforcers' made it all that more newsworthy. <br /><br />Remember last year, Farrah Fawcett, Micheal Jackson and Gary Coleman all died relatively close to each other. It was a big thing, only because Hollywood hadn't lost anyone in a while and three in a row that's a lot. However over the course of the year that's nothing, just like the NHL. People die all the time but when its multiple deaths almost back to back it's suddenly and epidemic. It's not, its just the way things are. <br /><br />If they all died of the same cause: a murder then there is a problem a big one, however people kill themselves all the time for a variety of reasons. And to lump the 3 NHL'ers in the same category and reasoning is wrong. Perhaps Wade deeply feared women and to be surrounded by 3 females at home was something he couldn't handle? Who knows. <br /><br />The point is, lumping the deaths into one category is wrong. Yes the NHL should re-examine the way they handle psychological problems with players, but sometimes a company can't save the employee from everything including themselves. We as employees (players etc) need to be accountable and learn to help ourselves as well.denicehttp://www.facebook.comnoreply@blogger.com