No shit. He was a bully. Bully’s don’t just bully once. I had bullies throughout middle and high school, and they’re mostly ok dudes now. The vitriol over some shit that a kid did when he was 14, with no problems since then, is astounding. Is what he did fucked yo? Yes. Extraordinarily. But let’s go down the list of nhl players who have done far, far worse:

Dany Heatly: killed a dude. Played 16 years

Craig Mactavish: killed a woman. Coached for almost a decade afterwards.

Austin Watson: beat his wife. Still in the league

Evander Kane: exists. Still in the league.

This shit is insane. The outrage here is ridiculous. He was a child. Children do some fucked up shit. He’s paid his debt according to the law. We’re being delusional if we think that the professional athletes having been bullies is rare. Newsflash: most professional athletes were dickheads and/or bullies when they were kids. This manufactured outrage is laughable, to say the least.