and Grant Fuhr, Jarome Iginla, Donald Brashear, Evander Kane, Wayne Simmonds, Dustin Byfuglien, Devante Smith-Pelley, Joel Ward, Mike Grier, Anson Carter, Chris Stewart, Johnny Oduya, Kyle Okposo, Ryan Reaves, Val James, Ray Neufeld, Ray Emery, Kevin Weeks....

Willie O'Ree broke the race barrier. He is a man I can't help but respect for what he went through. Still, when I look at black players in the NHL I see Grant Fuhr in the 80s, a legend of the game, and Jarome Iginla, a great player and hero of Canada at the 2010 Olympics. We revere our best regardless of race.

The assholes who throw bananas on the ice should be banned forever, and i have sympathy for the players who have to deal with that. Racism sucks, but that doesn't mean we're all responsible for the mouth breathing losers who do that shit.