Price backtracks and apologizes
Carey Price now says he did know about the Polytechnique massacre and has “apologized to those that may have been upset” by his recent statement against gun control laws.
Update: Here’s the Allison Hanes piece shawn mentions below, and also Brendan Kelly on the story.
shawn 15:09 on 2022-12-06 Permalink
And it’s all such a clownshow because there was even that statement yesterday from the team saying he didn’t know.
Blork 17:02 on 2022-12-06 Permalink
Yeah, as was pointed out elsewhere, that statement from the team was FROM THE TEAM, meaning from a PR person, and (in my opinion) not a very good one. At least not good at crisis management.
shawn 17:06 on 2022-12-06 Permalink
At this point I’m not sure which is the lie. Admittedly I’m not a hockey fan anymore but he seems permanently tarnished by this.
shawn 17:19 on 2022-12-06 Permalink
I’ll let Kate post the link if she chooses but Allison Hanes wrote something scorching that has just been uploaded to the Gazette site…
GC 18:13 on 2022-12-06 Permalink
As Blork said, how has this been handled so badly? When things like this happen I wonder if the PR firm is just that clueless. Or if they gave good advice which the client then ignored, leaving the poor PR people to see the statement go public and do a massive facepalm.
GC 18:15 on 2022-12-06 Permalink
Now I wonder if the team will release another statement explaining why they–presumably knowingly–lied about it. Or throw Price under the bus and say he lied to them/us.
shawn 21:27 on 2022-12-06 Permalink
Brendan Kelly has filed a great piece too. He’s so perfect for this because of course he covers the team as well as arts and culture.
dwgs 07:31 on 2022-12-07 Permalink
It’s telling that Chantal Machabee (VP Comms), who is smart, ethical, and widely respected has been silent on this. Usually she would be the point person for the Habs. So either a) she told her employer she would not compromise herself by defending Price in this or b) the Canadiens organization is doing the bare minimum to support Price in an attempt to keep it at arm’s length.